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JEMC on 27 April 2016
Soundwave said:
JEMC said:

I'm not going to say that Nintendo is making a mistake releasing NX in March because I don't know what are the reasons for this decision. After all, and as weird as it seems, March 2017 could have been the plan since the very beginning. But if it has been delayed from Xmas to March, I wouldn't put the blame on the hardware but on the software.

Nintendo can't afford to screw up NX launch like they did with Wii U, and that means not only having enough games at launch, but also during the first 3 to 6 months after launch. And software has been Nintendo's Achilles heel this whole gen, with their studios having a hard time adjusting to the new requirements of developing HD games, and I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo overestimated their software capacity again and had to delay the console to avoid the unacceptable game droughts.

Unlikely, it's more likely this is simply like the 3DS launch all over again ... Nintendo wanted to launch for holiday 2010, but had to move it to Feb/March 2011 due to incomplete software. 

Nintendo may be dense, but they're not full on stupid, I don't think they'd willingly choose a March release window over a Christmas/holiday season one, especially when the Wii U has fewer pending releases than VHS video cassette does. 

Minus the NX + Zelda, 2016 is probably the worst release year I can remember for Nintendo, and I've been following playing every Nintendo console since the late 1980s. So it's not like they have anything else to sell. 

But that's more or less what I was saying.

Leaving the topic of "was it delayed or not?" aside as we don't know and we will never know (unless someone at Nintendo decides to talk in a few years), the only thing that matters is that Nintendo can't screw up NX launch because if they do, it's game over for them.

And with NX, the weakest link in the large chain towards launching a console is the available software.



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WoodenPints on 27 April 2016

I really do feel they should of revealed NX sometime in May before E3 then go all out with the software and highlight what is coming to NX in the launch window, Doesn't seem like a good move to be missing out no the world gaming stage that is E3.

If the Wii U is basically getting nothing except Paper Mario they might of well got the hype train going and given us some light at the end of the tunnel to look forward to.



poklane on 27 April 2016

No holiday sales, PS4 will definitely drop to $300, PS4 Neo will be out by then, XB1 will be at $300, possibly even $250, also the possibility of XB1.5.... Yeah, good luck Nintendo, you're gonna need it.



JRPGfan on 27 April 2016
Soundwave said:

It's entirely possible too that Kimishima taking over from Iwata wanted a few changes made to the NX concept/design, thus causing a delay of a few months. That wouldn't be unreasonable at all. If I was charged with running a company out of the blue like that, I certainly would want input into a product that would probably determine my job security going forward. If NX flops, Kimishima is probably the one who bites the bullet for it. It's possible/plausible that he saw things in the concept that he wanted to have changed, he certainly was not bullish on the Wii U. 

That sounds reasonable.

Iwata f***ed up the design somehow, and Kimishima wanted to change something about it.

If thats true then the delay might actually be a good thing.

Look at what happend to the Xbox One, its launch wasnt smooth, and nintendo probably cant afford a situation like that, not after the wii u.



Guitarguy on 27 April 2016
cycycychris said:
Wow, missing Christmas, makes me almost wonder if it's a handheld. Yeah its a console. Excited to see what it has to offer. Hopefully them missing holiday doesn't end up hurting them.


Missing holiday season will hurt them quite a bit(in my opinion) as the PS4 will probably have something close to 65 million units in homes by March 2017...



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Aeolus451 on 27 April 2016
WoodenPints said:
Aeolus451 said:

Everyone was talking about the launch year. Debating over the months after the launch window is revealed is just people trying to save face.

No ones saving face just a little joke :)

I wasn't really talking about you, though. It was to the folks who are trying to count months.



Soundwave on 27 April 2016

I think it probably could be a portable console (not sure if "handheld" would the exact form factor) though.



WoodenPints on 27 April 2016
spurgeonryan said:
I would have wonderred if it was a handheld as well had zelda not been delayed as well.

Yea same here but we now have actual confirmation that Zelda U is launching on NX (like we needed it) but I feel they should of dropped it Q3 2016 for the Wii U owners and they woluld be happy to spend a few hundred hours on it until the NX arrives and probably spending another few 100 hours on it on the NX version of it.



Nautilus on 27 April 2016
Train wreck said:
Nautilus said:

Yes, you are right.And if PS4.5 somehow dissapoints people, for whatever reason, it will be even better for NX.And by Holiday 2017, unless Nintendo makes stupid decisions again, they will have a great line-up ready for the holidays, with (hopefully) third party on board and its titles from early 2017 and from the holidays.

What people are really getting upset in my opinion is the decision to "skip" E3.I mean, no NX really?It would be less than 1 year for release!Thats not a long time!Also, their E3 will be almost empty.They will have pokemon and zelda to show, and thats will most likely be it!And only Zelda will be playable.

Its beyong baffling.Its simply stupid!I still cant get over it.

Even if the PS4.5 dissapoints, the PS4 will be lower in price, allowing people to enter the current gen market without having to wait until March for the NX (or they can get a XBone, which will be lower in price as well), also there is the PSVR which will be a new experience, so exisiting and new people will enter that market as well...what  money will they have left to purchase the NX?  And where is the good will, otuside the core Nintendo consumer, especially after the dissapointing year(s) that Nintendo has had?

I never said it was going to be easy.Nintendo has alot to prove, not to mention that it is in a horrible position.I agree with you that it will be hard to compete with the PS4 and the XOne(though it it will be a generation forward, but thats beyond the point), but since we know nothing about it outside the release date, we cant be certain about its success or failure.Sure, it already started bad, with the release date(and analyzing that alone) being worse than a holiday one for example.But Nintendo may more than make up for that, with an strategy that we do not yet know.

And PSVR wont bite any sales on NX.Wont be significant at least.PSVR is too expensive and an unproven tecnology(not to mention is actually an acessory), and unless Nintendo go PS3 with a 600 dollars console, it wont matter.The real problem will be trying to compete with the PS4 and XOne.NX needs to be revolutionary, or at the very least an excellent console to win back popularity and new fans.



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1

JRPGfan on 27 April 2016
Guitarguy said:
cycycychris said:
Wow, missing Christmas, makes me almost wonder if it's a handheld. Yeah its a console. Excited to see what it has to offer. Hopefully them missing holiday doesn't end up hurting them.


Missing holiday season will hurt them quite a bit(in my opinion) as the PS4 will probably have something close to 65 million units in homes by March 2017...

This... Sony will atleast be over 60m by then (probably closer to those 65m you stated).

That is one hellva headstart.

Even if the NX has some more power or something special about it, 3rd party wont just ditch those 60m+ Sony users, or the 25m? Xbox One users, in favor of Nintendo.

Also the more people that buy a PS4 or XB1, the less non hardcore nintendo fans, are there as potential buyers.

(assumeing its a traditional home console).