Um, NX was NOT delayed!

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RolStoppable said:

Aielyn said:

They never said that. They said that NX would be part of their move to Nintendo-like profits again, and that they'd talk about NX in the 2016-2017 fiscal year.

Here's the direct quote:

“One area [where we would generate Nintendo-like profits first] is our NX business, and another is our business for smart devices. I believe that keeping these two endeavors on track will be key to achieving Nintendo-like profits. I don’t have any further details to share about the next fiscal year at this time, but we will explain about our plan and when we will aim to achieve Nintendo-like profits at a future date.”

As you can see, the "next fiscal year" (2016-2017) and "Nintendo-like profits" weren't directly connected, they just occurred in the same answer. It was people like you, trying to justify a flawed belief that the system would release by holiday 2016, that made the connection between two separate things.

Just admit it - you explicitly said, here, that it would release by holiday 2016. You did invoke the "unless it is delayed", but then you rejected the idea of a delay. There is literally no indication that they ever planned it for a holiday 2016 release. But even if it was, you predicted a holiday 2016 release, in a thread where people were establishing whether they believed it would be 2016 or 2017, and you explicitly said "So that's why NX will launch in late 2016". The system is NOT launching in late 2016. There's no wiggle-room, here. You were wrong. Just admit it.

Here is the link to Nintendo's website. The question that precedes the quote you posted:

With regards to the financial performance, I believe you said that the fiscal year ending in March 2016 has been about balancing revenue and expenses, while the next fiscal year (ending in March 2017) will be a step towards aiming for Nintendo-like profits. Have these priorities changed at all? It seems like a lot of new endeavors, such as smart device business and amiibo sales, will need to go smoothly in order to realize Nintendo-like profits. If you had to provide one example of an area where you can be sure to achieve Nintendo-like profits, what would that be?

Here's the follow-up question:

Nintendo has been working to restore balance between revenue and expenses and has announced a number of new ventures during this and last fiscal years in order to realize Nintendo-like profits from next fiscal year on. How would you evaluate your current progress on your plans, such as reorganization and business partnerships? What areas need improvement in the future?

It's once again about the fiscal year that ends in March 2017. The closing paragraph of Kimishima's answer:

To achieve Nintendo-like profits, one important factor will be establishing a solid launch for our NX and smart device businesses. I believe the key to doing this is to allocate our resources appropriately to proceed with hardware and software development on schedule and deliver our products to our consumers in a timely manner.

Both in A3 and A4 Kimishima stresses that it's key to keep the development schedule on track and deliver in a timely manner. What else points to a 2016 launch of NX? Zelda, of course. A dual-release seemed like the logical thing to do since quite a while. Now the game is delayed into 2017 to coincide with the NX launch. Nintendo isn't on track with their schedule, that much is obvious. Unless you want to believe that they targeted a March launch all along. Do you believe that?

I already admitted that I was wrong about the year, some time earlier in this thread. I just wish people like you were this adamant when it comes to calling out people who rooted for a holiday 2017 launch of NX. Many of them are celebrating as if they were right, but it's only because of a delay that they got something right. The year, because their other beliefs were shattered into pieces.

And yes, this whole thing bothers me. Can't say that I was happy that the mods singled me out. It isn't good fun when the "winners" can't handle winning.

What did the mods do? Curious.