Kimishima Nintendo Investor Q&A (New NX Info, More 3DS, Wii U = Dead)

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Soundwave said:

I think they honestly tried pretty hard to make the holiday season. They probably could have launched it in November, but they would have had supply issues possibly from having to fab a 14nm chip (which is too power efficient for them to pass up). I think actually they could have launched with just Zelda and Paper Mario + a bunch of third party ports if they absolutely had for November, but they probably would've been screwed for the next 2-4 months after that and would have had to suffer through a similar drought as the 3DS/Wii U and taking all that into account, they opted to move back into March.

If they can't have Christmas, I think they settled on having NX at least by the end of the fiscal year end.

I don't really buy the hardware problems excuse, because Nintendo could have had a steady launch with one or two regions being able to purchase the console this Christmas and the rest by March.

Mind you, it's not the best strategy, but it's certainly better than skipping Christmas alltogether and betting it all on March.