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

[Dulfite]

Soundwave said:

Dulfite said:
One thing I don't get is people doubting them launching in March instead of the holidays. Your launching a new product. Whoever is a die hard fan of Nintendo is going to buy it regardless of price and time of the year (me). If they launched in holidays and it was discounted or had bundles making it a lesser value, then they would lose out on the money from people like me that are willing to pay for the full price at launch. Holidays should, at the very least, be a few months AFTER a device launches, in order for a company to get as much profit as possible from the die hard fans before selling a bunch of devices to people waiting for bundles and discounts. It's just good business.

This is just a general comment not specifically about this situation, but I always thought the September launch window, which used to be the norm was always pretty good.

You could get the die-hards buying the first wave of systems in September/October and then November/December could be for the holiday rush. That always seemed to make more sense to me, but I think consoles take so much more resources to launch nowadays that they get pushed to the last possible minute (the week of Black Friday in the US).

Or in this case, pushed back months from the intiail goal date (due to numerous reasons). I agree with you.