they would not have told investors it would be the main  catylyst for their profits in this fical year if they were only planning to "talk about it in 2016  the only way NX cold have generateed enough revenue to significantly impact revenue and profit this fiscal year would have been to release for Holday 2016

Now that they have delayed till March 2017 it won t surprise me if they delay it again

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3-4 months is nothing for a Nintendo fan. I can do that in my sleep.

If you had told me NX would be delayed into 2017, my concern would have been something delayed into November 2017 with basically a horrible 2016 and all of 2017 almost waiting for it.

Maybe they couldn't wrap up the console's final design in time to get enough of them mass produced before the holiday season?

no, he was the guy who got harrassed every time he said Wii U would have a full 5 years of support and will have a bunch of major releases in 2017.

That is true. You make a valid point. Nevertheless, if it means a more appropriate launch and better support/more games, then I am okay with it. I think they are trying their best to avoid another Wii U situation.

Even the Zelda delay, when they said 2016 I was absolutely sure it was for the Holidays. So, if it's now delayed to March 2017, it's only several months. It's not that bad.

I'd rather have a very immersive and expansive game which has been polished 'til the very end than a half-assed one. The release of a console Zelda game is always one of the major events that marks a generation.

I agree with you -  if they were not ready then they needed to delay-  IMO it is inexcusible that they were not ready given how long ago Iwata mentioned NX by name and how much they have already killed off the Wii U-  now this will be their 2nd holiday in a row with little to offer (relative to the importance of the holiday quater for all major games companies-   

The part that most frustrates me is they are holding back the Wii U version of Zelda-   Yes a good business case can be made to hold both versions for the NX launch however a good businesscase could be made using Zelda to get Wii U owners thru the next year and generate holiday revenes for Nintendo and still have the NX version for the NX launch-  it would take away some from it s impact for NX but it would do alot to make Wiii U owners not quite as upset-  Nintendo really shot the Wii U and the pople who bought it early and often-  they have treated soe of their most loyal customers/fans pretty poorly- 

People are claiming that NX was delayed because of software and 14nm chips. More than likely the real reason was to give investors profit boners. For me it seems a little convenient that it is releasing basically on the 1st of a new fiscal year.

This was planned, and the console was never delayed.

The delay claim tbh is one I feel that's being thrown around to make up for why it wasn't released during the period they thought it would. Imo Nintendo had a few options for when to release and chose March after looking at several factors like line up and so on.