It's because we are old. We are long past the point of getting hyped for anything that is more than two months away from release, that's why late announcements don't bother us. Games we can play right now have much higher priority than talking about games that get released in the future.

What we gain from this situation is entertainment value from posts such as yours. The outrage and subsequent defense for the outrage is a sight to behold. Many of the arguments resemble the time before Switch launched, such as two months aren't enough time to properly market a new console. But Nintendo waited until less than two months before launch with their proper presentation for Switch and that didn't hurt them.

The reason why the current waiting game won't hurt Nintendo either is because there are 20+ new game releases for Switch each and every week. People who want to stay engaged with Switch can choose from hundreds of quality games and there's something new all the time.

That being said, Nintendo's current strategy is less than ideal. But there's a difference between being able to do better and messing things up. There's also a difference between subjective and objective complaints which is why you and others get ridiculed; any attempts to qualify the complaints as objective usually fall flat on their face instantly.

I totally agree with you that they are going to crush the new consoles on software sales. They could do it with their current lineup. But the holiday season also pushes a lot of consoles. If they don't announce anything for the holiday season they could lose the console sales to the new consoles if prices and the lineup is reasonable of MS and Sony. They have to make sure they have a good AAA to help them win the season, all this if they can keep up with the demand of consoles. If there is a shortage of consoles maybe they use AA-AAA game for the holiday season and that would be disappointing.

I’ll respond to whoever I want. That’s the point of a discussion forum. You can ignore me if you want, but I am under no obligation to do the same when you’ve provided me something to respond to. Also, you’re the one being overly hostile to me for no reason, but treating me as though it is the other way around.

Dismissing the evidence in my post as “it’s happening in spite of that, I don’t care about the facts, and therefore you have no evidence, and therefore the opposite of what you’re saying is true” is not a valid argument in the slightest.

You are acting like Nintendo owes you some specific kind of marketing strategy that goes against their business goals. The point of the marketing is to generate the most interest in products for the launch period and beyond, that is all Nintendo has to do. Unless you’re an investor, there is absolutely nothing that obligates Nintendo to provide you their future plans. You are a customer, what is relevant is what is available for you to buy. The reality is that you do have things to look forward to, there is no reason for you to know your Christmas presents before Christmas Day in order to look forward to Christmas.

Also, your opinion of “Nintendo is more terrible than ever” doesn’t have objective validity. At best you can say you don’t like what Nintendo is doing. All you’ve really shown is that what you think is terrible for Nintendo is actually GREAT for for Nintendo’s business - that’s where the facts point; and you can’t simply prove the opposite by saying “they’re good in spite of that and the results don’t matter” - that would be literally circular illogic.

I’ll point out that you have a long history of saying that what Nintendo is doing with the Switch is terrible for business, and  that dates back to before the Switch launch. This is where the contention lies, because I wholeheartedly disagree with you on that. As it happens, the facts support my stance and not yours. That Nintendo’s approach in the Kimishima/Furukawa era have been the best they’ve had: platform specific sales are higher than ever, they recovered from one of their lowest ever periods in the Wii U/3DS era; the stock values are on a stable upward trend and are higher than every period outside of September 2007 to January 2008; and, it’s not simply a COVID thing since Nintendo’s sales were already trending here long before COVID with the quarter just prior to the pandemic lockdowns being 97% of record levels for any Nintendo platform, ever.

There are two choices here:

1. Provide evidence to explain the discrepancy between what you think should be happening with the Switch, and the reality of what has happened with the Switch.

2. Accept the facts and face reality as the result of Nintendo’s current marketing strategy.

Before you do that, you should also understand that you are letting your feelings get in the way of your objectivity and therefore generating a huge bias. As a result, you are making baseless statements about Nintendo as a whole as though they are objectively doing something terrible.

Also, you have my sympathies for depression, but I don’t think it’s fair to throw that in my face to support your arguments about Nintendo’s marketing practices. My posts are about the topic, they’re not about you and your problems.

Finally happy now? lol

Finally happy now? lol