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DélioPT on 08 October 2016
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bunchanumbers said:
DélioPT said:
Some say there's a chance they will still reveal it this month.
personally, i always thought it would be in September/early October as to not interfere with 3DS and Wii U holiday sales (they start growing around October). Now, i can't see them revealing before Christmas.

Still, i could be wrong: that investor's meeting could really force them to spill the beans on NX.

Honestly I'd be shocked if a reveal happens now. Sony is advertising PSVR pretty heavily, Neo is around the corner, and Xbox is showing Gears 4 and the rest of their holiday stuff. Announcing it now would probably lose it in the shuffle.

The way its looking I wouldn't be surprised if they do a announcement in Feb and roll the device out for sale in March. But if rumors are to be believed and its a 720p tablet, I wouldn't be surprised if it gets largely ignored. It really does look like they want to roll it out before the end of the fiscal year, so that even if this year is packed with massive losses, they can point to NX and say that the future is better. Even if NX sells out at launch, I can't see it offsetting the entire fiscal year.

Even a new console reveal wouldn't stop Nintendo announcing NX... it never did. Ever!

Having a reveal would be just suicidal.
Nintendo would have a month or so to make marketing work, promote their games and let whatever 3rd party game have time to be promoted. It's not one of those cases where the market knows what's coming and there's only a single product to present.

I don't think it's going to be ignored even if it's a just a HH and a dongle. I can't recall Nintendo having a HH that was a failure.
HHs are something that Nintendo has got covered even in today's market.

To be honest, i have no idea if this fiscal year - or so far - they are in the red or not, but of course, it's not a launch that's going to offset an entire year.
I mean, depending on how things are, it may or may not depending on the volume of NXs available at launch and how much they profit from each. If they are a little on the red maybe it can save them (adding to that this holiday period (Pokémon!)).
I really don't know how they are doing... :D