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Forums - Nintendo - Prediction: Next week we are getting NX reveal date

Miyamotoo on 17 September 2016
Soundwave said:
Jumpin said:
I already predicted January unveil in the other thread. No reason to unveil it before Christmas, that would be a bad idea.

To be honest this wouldn't surprise me at this stage. 

Early January unveil, the only thing I think Nintendo is scared of is there will be another large leak like the Eurogamer one. 

Nintendo's marketing sucks either way, whether they have a lot of time or little time. They just need to make sure the system is at least some what interesting and useful from a practical side and that it has the best possible games in its first 8 months that they can throw at it. 

The only Nintendo system of the last 20 years I can say had a great marketing campaign was the Wii and maybe the N64, and the Wii didn't really need it because of the casual word of mouth. GameCube, DS, GBA, 3DS, Wii U all had mediocre TV marketing from day 1. 

 

 

Bad idea would be to unveil it at holiday season, before holiday season (September-October) makes total sense, people can make plans for purchase and Nintendo can have stedy marketing and maintain hype until March. Waiting until January would be bad idea, whole industry would think that NX is delayed or even canceled, and basicly all people would gave up from NX at that point. Beside, Nintendo said we getting NX information in 2016. and at last investertor meeting they said at"later date".



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Miyamotoo on 19 September 2016
Shadow1980 said:
The secrecy surrounding the NX is unreal. We're about six months away from the supposed March launch date, yet we've seen or heard nothing official other than A) it's a thing that exists, and B) it's coming in March. No official announcement or unveiling, no confirmation of the system's concept/gimmick, no final release date, no launch lineup, and no price point. TGS was the last big trade show before March, and would have been an opportune time to announce it. As March gets closer, Nintendo has less and less time to market and build up hype for the system.

This is highly unusual for Nintendo. They're giving the impression that the NX is getting delayed (and some even more cynical gamers might come to the conclusion that it's vaporware). At the very least, they're demonstrating that they simply have no interest in unveiling hardware at big trade shows anymore. The Wii and Wii U were both shown the E3 of the year before launch, and the GameCube was announced in August 2000. The 3DS was announced a year before launch, and the DS was announced ten months prior to launch. But here we are with only a general release window and a couple of confirmed games which may or may not be launch titles, and that release window is only half a year away.

They definitely changed their strategy and move away from strategie from their past consoles (especially Wii U), they adjusting to modern time where you dont need one year or more to reveal your console before launch, and where around 6 monts would be more than enuf.