I didn't want to post this thread but it seems most people overlooked this as a possible reason for Nintendo's march console launch.

And just for those who didn't know ZEN APU's are due next year.

We can hope

I hope so.  I also hope the reason they chose to basically pass on E3 with the NX was because they didn't want to tip their hand to Microsoft or Sony and give them enough time to mimic some of the features of the NX before they release their console upgrades.  Would explain why they keep on saying they're being secretive because they don't want the competition to steal their ideas. 

People have mentioned in the other threads that they think the manufacturing of the 14nm processors hasn't yielded as many chips as expected which has caused the delay.

Why are people so determined to not take Nintendo at their word? They said the games wouldn't be ready earlier than that... why would they tell such a trivial lie to their investors?

It's because of getting software ready. They don't want to repeat the mistake of Wii U by having no games come out for the first 3 years.

They said it was *one* of the reasons, not the only reason. If Kimishima started talking about things like chip production problems then the press would go crazy with "Nintendo/AMD having chipset problems with NX!" all over the place and stockholders would start blaming them for choosing a certain chip design and blah, blah, blah ... better to just keep that pandora's box closed.

If it turns out the NX chip is 14nm (which we probably won't know until later this year or even next year), then there's a fair chance that was one of the reasons behind the delay because 14nm mass production of high end GPUs is still in its infancy.

Dont think it can be zen, as Zelda is shipping for both WiiU, and NX. Since Wii-U has a IBM's powerPC cpu, it must be compatible going forward, so NX is probably the same with a much beefier gpu.  Then again, maybe theres some funky emulation going on to play all Wii-U stuff.

It would be interesting though if they used 14nm gpu in there.

-M

Don't think it'll be much of a problem, companies were porting Wii U (Power PC CPU) games to PS4/XB1/PS3/X360 without much fuss, Zelda is likely no different for Nintendo.

Interesting enough Zen APU's are very powerful and fairly cheap. It would be stupid for Nintendo NOT to go for this. It's a huge jump for AMD. It would give Nintendo a huge edge over the competition and the Neo-PS4 would actually be outdated pretty fast.

No. It wouldn't. I'm pretty sure that the NX will be x86 and I don't think it'll be backwards compatible. It's time for Nintendo to move on and update themselves. They can try and do something like what Microsoft is doing, or port the old games digitally. Even possibly consider the idea of a streaming service. Plus even Miyamoto, who worked on designing the Wii U hardware, admitted the Power PC CPU was a mistake.