I'm not supporting the thread bashing Nintendo for not unveiling anything for the 2020 Holiday Season in March since things were uncertain with Covid-19 and we were still months away from the holiday season when a lot could happen between this time. 

However, when we're literally 1-3 months away from the holiday season at this point, even with this Covid lockdown situation Nintendo should at this point be near or at 100% completion for there games this holiday season and should be certain what games should be releasing this holiday season. Nintendo minimum needs to give a 30 day notice between reveal and release of a major game to setup pre-orders with retailers beforehand. There is literally no way Nintendo is not certain of their release schedule at this time and that a game releasing this holiday is still far from completion, especially since Nintendo isn't known for crunching. Not revealing any information at this point is just silly and only hurts Nintendo by limiting the awarenesses of a game.

You bring up the example of the Switch having a short period between reveal and release and still being a success, while that is true, however the Switch had a 5 months of people knowing about it's its release compared to this situation where we're likely only going to get a 1-3 month notice for games this Holiday season, and that's a major difference especially when it comes games since games often don't have as much marketing behind it as an entire console, to have only a 1-3 month window to advertise a game is extremely short and consumers might not realize the game exists until after it launch where the game loses a lot of it's hype compared to launch limiting the potential sales of hype of a game. We know that a launch of a game is vital in determining how successful a game turns out to be, limiting your launch by only having a 1-3 month Advertising window is just stupid. Also, not everyone are gaming nerds like us who watch Nintendo Directs or game trailers the day they release, most gamers are casual compared to us and there are still people to this day who don't know what the Switch is and thinks Nintendo is only making Wii games still, I'm sure if Nintendo gave the Switch a longer time of marketing before launch it could've sold EVEN BETTER than it is right now.  The more marketing for a longer time= the better, this should be a simple concept to understand. 

It doesn't justify Nintendo's action. Both Sony and Microsoft are both releasing titles and new hardware in 2020. Both Sony and Microsoft have shown their line up for at least the near future, even if everything doesn't have a release date. That's more excusable when you have a new generation. Nintendo's issue is they can't even get one title out for the rest of the year. Nintendo had three years of strong earnings and cash flow and is only making for a single system, so they're inability to produce anything makes them look bad. Nintendo can't even do the bare minimum. 

Also, we're 5 months to the end of the year. If Nintendo doesn't know what they can or can't release now, than they have way bigger problems than the virus. 

Nintendo makes most of their sales in the last quarter of the year. Being up in April and May doesn't means much. And sure, Nintendo may have projected fewer sales (I haven't looked into their most recent projects), but not having content for their biggest sales season doesn't help much. As an investor, why not just take those good results and sell your shares. Given everything, this seems like the best bet for investors right now. Nintendo isn't giving them any reason they'll even meet their projections.

It's not hard to know what Sony and Microsoft have in the near future, when it's literally one game each. For Sony, just a standalone-expansion even. For Microsoft, it may get delayed anyway. So if Nintendo just announced one game you'd stop losing sleep at night?

Stop talking about their inability to produce anything for the rest of the year, as if it's already set in stone. We're barely over half way through the year, and their current pattern has been to announce games shortly before release.

The games they've released so far this year have already been more than satisfactory. Most people already have a huge backlog on Switch to begin with. The Switch keeps selling out everywhere for a reason.

The only 'problems' are the ones you're creating for yourselves.

As I said on the outset, launching new hardware is far and beyond more difficult. Numerous systems have had a few releases early one and then the bulk of the new games people want come the following holiday. So their situation is more forgivable and they've actually announced other titles beyond 2020. Even still, Sony and Microsoft still have more titles than Nintendo has right now, which is none. 

And of course I'm going to keep pointing out their inability to release anything this year because thus far they have yet to prove me wrong. We are 5 months till the end of the year and 4 months till the start of the shopping season and we have nothing. In 2017, 2018 and 2019, we knew what titles Nintendo was going to release in the end of the year by this point. So sitting here in 2020 and Nintendo has nothing to show this late in the game, my assumption is going to be "they don't have anything." Why would I think otherwise.

Lastly, most games sell the most close to their release and that is true of Nintendo's games as well. Animal Crossing has likely sold most of what it will sell. All of Nintendo's other titles wont do  better than they did last year. 

And this brings me back to my initial point. If you are an investor, and you want to know what products the company plans to release in the fiscal year, and management just shrugs, then there is a problem. Saying "We're just going to keep selling Animal Crossing" isn't going to build confidence that management has any plans to keep the Switch selling. So they're just going to sell off. This is the reason Nintendo has to announce something, to show there are some future prospects. Right now, there aren't any prospects for the Switch and its looking more and more like Nintendo doesn't have any plans to change that. So no, it's not a me problem, it's a investor problem, and a problem for senior management. 

Perhaps Rol is right. Maybe Nintendo is just sitting back watching the Switch fly off the shelves, and going... "Well shit, we could release or announce more games, but why do that when we could just hold off until Switch sales dip below 300K a week? The second Switch is finally back in stock at most retailers we can quickly release another system seller and watch it fly off shelves again! Mwhahahahahahahahaha!!!"

I'm pretty confident (at this point) a Full Direct will be held in early September.
We just need to wait a bit more.

I’m a real gamer, so I will always have something to play on the Switch. You should be the same.

I'm serious though. It doesn't make any sense to advertise or do anything to push sales, when you can't keep up with the demand you already have. I'm sure sales will dip below 300K a week by Jan 2021. If Feb-May 2021 has 0 to 1 big new titles from Nintendo, that's when I'll start to worry.

That's a pretty ridiculous assumption. What if you've played hundreds of games in your life on over a dozen different consoles? That would certainly reduce some of the third-party possibilities on Switch. And some people would rather drop $60 on one exciting new game to play than buying cheaper games just to have something to play. 

And even if Switch has plenty of quality first and third-party games, there's a ton of bloat and shovelware. 

Oof. You're right. Can I take that post back?