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Soundwave on 27 April 2016
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shikamaru317 said:
Meelow said:

Umm...No, they aren't going to delay a whole system for 1 game, they would launch it with Pikmin and third parties and ride it till March 2017 if that were the case, Zelda was delayed because of NX, this confirms it.

Then why do you think NX got delayed then? Nearly every rumor and leak pointed to an E3 reveal and a Holiday release before this. Not only that, but there are already reports that NX got delayed because software wasn't ready for a Holiday release (not necessarily just Zelda, likely others as well, though Zelda being the biggest exclusive likely would have been the main reason).

Zelda probably would've been ready, but I suspect Nintendo was looking at a post-launch lull after it, which would be a repeat of Wii U and 3DS launches, so they nixed the 2016 idea.

I still think it's probable there are also yield issues with the chipset possibly being 14nm, but these types of explainations are way over the head of the normal consumer, it's simply easier to say "we needed more time for more games". You start talking about things like 14 nanometer chip yields and even most hardcore gamers don't know what the fuck you're talking about and it would get blown into "Nintendo having hardware problems" on multiple media outlets.

I'm sure software development was one issue, it's always an issue for Nintendo, Nintendo can't even release a barebones smartphone app like Miitomo on time, but I think there probably are other issues at play here too, it's just something the press/public doesn't need to know.