Nintendo as usual.

No but there also has never been a year with such a pandemic that resulted in lockdown and quarantine. I don't see how you can just arbitrarily decide Covid-19 is no longer relevant when it hasn't gone away. Nintendo wants to be absolutely certain a game will release when they announce it, that's fair enough. Ultimately what matters is not when they announce games but if they have any, and it's safe to say they will I think.

1. Market cannibalization is a well documented phenomenon. While sometimes it is necessary to disrupt competitors, in cases like the Switch where Nintendo has carved out a very large (and growing) niche for itself, such strategies are not only unnecessary, but just needlessly lowering sales. There is absolutely no reason to draw attention to future products. Sure, you state the concept of market cannibalization is bullshit, but where's your argument?

2. Incorrect on the first point. Covid lockdowns didn't begin until the end of the quarter, Nintendo's sales were way up before that. Additionally, Animal Crossing didn't come out until the end of the quarter, and its continued success does not support your point, it supports mine; Nintendo's current strategy is a good one.

3. I've already addressed this. Nintendo has released a fairly continuous stream of info, only it is focused on relevant products rather than focusing on ones that won't be relevant for months/years - like they did in the failing Wii U era.

4. Nintendo's quarterly report was announced for August 6th quite some time ago. You can speculate all you want about what Nintendo's announcements are going to be, and put a negative spin on it all you want, but the only conclusion we can draw from it is that you're a very negative person who prefers to argue with straw man arguments rather than engaging with the facts available.

New software announcements increases interest in the hardware, more hardware sales means more people to buy existing games. The idea that updating consumers on future games would hurt sales of existing games is pure bullshit.

Again, I don't give a fuck if they're selling well, that is happening in spite of their ongoing disgusting mistreatment of their fanbase, not because of it. There is zero evidence whatsoever that their lack of communication is in any way helping.

I've been a Nintendo fan for decades and this is the worst they've ever behaved, worse than 2011, worse than 2012, worse than 2016 even. It is fucking unacceptable to leave fans with no dated major games at all.

If you're okay with it, fine, but don't you dare try to tell me I should be okay with it.

In fact, just please stop quoting me, I'm tired of this shit. I'm trying not to be negative, but I just keep getting dragged back into threads like this. I'm depressed, I'm afraid for my life every day, and now I can't even enjoy my favourite hobby, one of the only things that brings me any peace or joy. Just leave me alone, please.

Sounds like a great time to get a lot of the indie games already available on the system, regardless of whether they push the Switch's graphical capabilities or not. There's also Origami King, which is a small masterpiece.

You don't understand, it's already August and for sure Nintendo has at least 1 game planned to release this Holiday Season, at this point it should be pretty much certain the game will release. Stop being content with Nintendo holding back information for this long, it is anti-consumer and we should not enable them to continue doing this. Plus, I never said Covid-19 wasn't relavant, it's still more than relavant but we're at the point where Nintendo should 100% know a game that's releasing this Holiday when they're LITERALLY only 1-3 Months away, just stop, you're the type of person to defend Nintendo for waiting til an hour before a game releases to announce their game. If they're not certain when they're gonna release the game just give us a teaser with no release date to get us excited and give the Switch more clout during the Holiday Season. Stop defending this.

They can hold back information as long as they want, as long as that information is good and there are games to play then whether a game is announced 2 months out from release or 6 months doesn't really matter. You're right, I don't understand why people care so much about this. Say Pikmin 4 were to release this December, what difference does it make if it's announced in October versus July? The game wont be any better or worse for it. After how Paper Mario was announced, it can be expected that Nintendo's other games will be announced the same way so 2 months out.

Sounds like you care more about hype factor rather than the actual game itself. :L

Not revealing a game when you don't have anything scheduled at a later date is a bad. Why the fuck would people buy a system when they don't know what games are releasing in the future, revealing a game at a good time before release increases overall awareness for a product since and prepares potential purchasers to have the money to get the game. You're an idiot if you don't understand the simple concept of having more time to unveil and market a game increases the sales and brand awareness of a product since it gets people talking about the game more and more for a longer time. As a Nintendo fan I'm frustrated not to know this information because I want to see the actual game to get myself hyped again about Nintendo and get me excited again not doing this is idiotic. Stop being so content.

I'm planning on writing an article on this, but the issue is that Nintendo is going into their earnings release with no titles and no prospects for the future. They can't really blame COVID because their peers (Sony and Microsoft) have no trouble showing off their upcoming titles. And they can't just get away with "We have numerous titles in development." If they have nothing, then investors should sell the stock because there is no reason to think 2020 can beat 2019, even with the initial boost in sales in April and May (Nintendo still makes most of their money in Calendar Q4).

I think it's one thing for fans to moan and groan. It's another for investor. Nintendo needs to get on the ball and show something, even if they don't think it can make FY 2021. That said, I think there is some massive structural issues that are causing these delays and COVID just revealed them, but perhaps a story for another day.

Actually I'm glad someone mentioned this, because what Sony and Microsoft have shown actually help justify Nintendo's actions.

For Sony, the only upcoming game they have for the holidays is a short standalone-expansion for Spider-Man. It'll probably be good, but it's still only a short experience built upon a previous game.

For Microsoft, their Halo Infinite demo is the perfect example of why you shouldn't reveal or announce any games before they're ready, cause all they've done is hurt expectations for that title. Halo Infinite does not look like a game ready to release this year.

In contrast, if Nintendo feel like they should wait until the last minute to decide what big titles they can realistically have (properly)finished these holidays, I'm more than happy to wait. At least they're making sure whatever they have should be worth the wait.