What benefit does keeping the NX a secret still have?

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Kerotan said:

Soundwave said:

So .... basically like the last four Christmases ...

Seriously though watch out for that Mini NES. 

In fairness the 3DS did well for a number of those holidays.  Although you could argue the 3DS isn't really competing with them.  

So many rumours, patents etc suggest the NX is a tablet In which case it's in a similar boat, arguably even more so if can be sold to "non gamers". From the haptic feedback & buttonless controllers to the recent attachable controller patent, it all points in the same direction.