Just a heads up because I think people are reading this wrong. It doesn't say that the NX will launch in 2016...it says the NX will launch by the end of the shopping season of 2016, which means the end of the FISCAL year, which is the first quarter (March) of 2017. It says right in it that the NX will launch 03/2017. This timeline seems like it is pretty in synch with what is looking to be happening at Nintendo. I look forward to the reveal, I wanna see this thing!

It won't matter much what 3rd parties' concerns are either way; Nintendo haven't relied on 3rd parties for over two decades to sell their hardware and this isn't about to change. Waiting for 2017 or launching in 2016 makes near as no difference as far long term support goes and it seems unlikely that Nintendo are aiming to capture titles from the typical AAA publishers anyway; this hasn't really been a major part of their strategy since the SNES.

It can be. I have a feeling that most future NX threads "I wish it was pink" (just an example) could just be talked about in a official NX thread. We'll see though.

I demand to be white or silver, or both.

White and silver? huh. Better than purple. 

Silver GameCube was awesome. Orange and purple ones were not so hot...

There is no way they do a complete reveal at E3 and launch in the same year.

The silver one actually looks pretty good. 

I explained in another thread the Nintendo IP that could realistically release in the NX first year if it launches during the holidays this year, assuming that NX is a successor to both 3DS & Wii U.

Zelda U gets the Twilight Princess treatment and was delayed in order to make it a cross-generation release so Zelda for launch.

EAD Tokyo releases a new console Mario every 3 years with a smaller title usually a year after that. Galaxy-2007, Jungle Beat port-2008, Galaxy 2-2010, 3D Land-2011, 3D World-2013, Captain Toad-2014. So a new 3D Mario at launch with a smaller title the following year, perhaps a Captain Toad sequel.

Miyamoto stated Pikmin 4 was nearing completion but did not specify a platform, it could be Wii U but it could also possibly be NX.

EAD Group 1 releases a new Mario Kart roughly every 3 years. DS-2005, Wii-2008, 3DS-2011, Wii U-2014, a 2017 release for Mario Kart NX is feasible.

EAD Group 2 released Animal Crossing DS, Wii Sports, Wii Play in 2005-2006, they released Wii Music, Animal Crossing Wii, Wii Sports Resort in 2008-2009, they released Nintendo Land & Animal Crossing 3DS in 2012 then released Splatoon & Happy Home Designer in 2015. They have consistently released 2-3 games roughly every 2-3 years so 1 2017 title followed by 1 2018 title I think is realistic.

Hal Labs released Return to Dreamland in Nov 2011 followed by Triple Deluxe in Jan 2014 followed by Rainbow Curse in Feb 2015. They are able to pump out a new Kirby title every 1-2 years.

ND Cube released Wii Party & Mario Party 9 in late 2011-early 2012, then they released Wii Party U & Mario Party 3DS in late 2013 then they released Mario Party 10 & Amiibo Festival in 2015. They release 2 games roughly every 2 years so at least one new game in 2017.

Retro releases a new game a little over every 3 years. Metroid Prime 2-Nov 2004, Prime 3-Aug 2007, DKC Returns-Nov 2010, Tropical Freeze-Feb 2014. A new game in mid-2017 is likely.

Monster Games releases a new game roughly every 2 years. Excite Truck-Nov 2006, ExciteBots-April 2009, Pilotwings Resort-March 2011, DKC Returns 3D-May 2013, Xenoblade 3D-April 2015. I could see them releasing a Tropical Freeze port at some point in 2017.

Game Freak releases a new Pokémon generation every 3-4 years. 1996, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2013. Pokémon Gen 7 in 2017 will probably happen.

Launch window-Zelda+3D Mario+Pikmin 4

2017-Tropical Freeze port, Kirby, Mario Party, Mario Kart, Splatoon 2, Retro's project, Captain Toad 2, Pokémon Gen 7.

OK, so to me then this article contradicts itself, because I read the whole thing, but the last thing that I read was 03/17 for the release. 2016 "Shopping Season" fiscally ends its 4th quarter 03/17, but I see you enboldened the October and November release window. I can't trust this article for the simple fact that it said basically by November of 2016, but then further along said that the thing wouldn't be released until March of 2017. So I have to dismiss this as not only rumor, but contradictive rumor. Nintendo is the only one that has the answers, hopefully they will give them to us this February.