It's not really baseless, as we have data from previous launches, not to mention how much is required for a worldwide launch (e.g. regarding public media events) of a console. Doesn't mean the speculation is right of course.
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NX officially has the least time between reveal and release of any Nintendo platform
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It's not really baseless, as we have data from previous launches, not to mention how much is required for a worldwide launch (e.g. regarding public media events) of a console. Doesn't mean the speculation is right of course.
I'm gonna go ahead and say you were lied to. Or at least mislead.
NinjaCoachZ
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When did she herself say September?
ProtomanNeo
Member
The March date has always seemed a bit odd to me as households haven't quite recovered from their holiday spending. A Summer release seems more likely.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
3DS released in March.
Also Playstation 3 and N64 (in Europe). Gamecube launched in May (in Europe).
But reveal during November when they need to focus marketing on NES/Famicom Mini and Pokemon wouldn't.
We're getting Pokemon news tomorrow. There's a huge chance the NX is actually a Pokemon.
And what a stunning launch it was. Though admittedly I don't think the date was the reason it stumbled out of the gate.
If they delay it then it's going to be for longer than a month.
Dark Cloud
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Yeah that had nothing to do with the release date...
NinjaCoachZ
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The Playstation 2's original launch occurred in March 2000, in Japan.
Consoles need to sell constantly well for a long time to be successful. Not just at launch. If the product is not good enough to be selling while "showing a casual friendly/appealing box and waiting for months to sell the thing" that means the post launch sales will be poor and the console will fail. The launch is just one part of the whole story. Again, Wii U nailed the launch and utterly failed after.
Nintendo said they were showing it this year. There's thing that could happen which could delay the reveal without delaying the release. It's bneing shown this year, or it's not launching in March. I suppose there's a slight chance that Kimishima meant that they'll show it this fiscal year but I doubt that's what he meant.
If Nintendo waits until January to reveal it I'm waiting until 2018 to buy it.
Also, can people stop making this stupid "systems don't launch in March" argument? It's only relevant if you think Nintendo flat-out lied to investors, which they obviously didn't do.
Edit: Actually, I just saw when that Kimishima quote was made... Shit. I guess January really is most likely.
Indeed. Either way, launching in March is not unheard of.
purseowner
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Obviously could be utter bull, but someone in a past thread claimed they asked Laura of LPVG at Eurogamer Expo if she knew when the NX would be revealed and she said October 4th. There was also some tweet from another source this poster cited.
Of course, I'm highly highly sceptical, but it's for that reason that I'm waiting for tomorrow before wrapping it up for the week.
What exactly are we grieving?
KratosEnergyDrink
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Seems your sources are not reliable or make fun of you.
Sorcerer
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March is the perfect date to release if you miss the holiday. Spring is beginning and its just enough time after the holidays that people are in the mood to spend money on something new.
If you miss the Spring date and release too far into Summer, then people more than likely will consider putting off buying your item and save it for the following Xmas Season or worse forget about it altogether. Being that parents are a huge majority buying systems for kids it makes sense.
Dark Cloud
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Hmm she said October 4th for the reveal.
She never talked about the reveal month. The parts of the EG articles she supported were those about the device itself, not the parts about when the reveal is happening.
NinjaCoachZ
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Exactly.
Just letting people know I'm moving my tomfoolery of NX related Simpsons memes to the Simpsons community thread.
http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=218893652
Unless there's an actual Simpsons NX thread I'll just make stuff there so then I don't get people complaining that the NX thread of the day will get locked. lol
http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=218893652
Unless there's an actual Simpsons NX thread I'll just make stuff there so then I don't get people complaining that the NX thread of the day will get locked. lol
We will see. Definitely wasn't making fun.
What's the Kimishima quote and why does it make you think January?
So, we have kaioshade (January) v.s. Emily (October) now, eh
Seriously kaios, who told you about January for the reveal, and how reliable you can say he/she is?
thecouncil
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I don't see the announcement happening out of the blue. I don't even see it getting a 24 hour warning like the rest of the directs usually do. It'll be a bizarre move if it goes down like that.
I could get behind the idea that tomorrow might be the announcement of the announcement though and the reveal is a week or more away.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Yes, the insane pricepoint and terrible launch lineup had more to do with it.
That's what is mind-boggling to me. Cling to the hybrid rumor and everything else, but when she finally speaks on the reveal date, ignore it. How does that make any sense?
Devilgunman
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I don't see how delaying the launch means lying. Nobody in business thinks like that. Plans can change. If Kimishima can come up with reasonable explanation for the delay to tell shareholders I don't see how the delay is impossible. In fact, if I'm a Nintendo shareholder right now I would have asked them to move some of their developers working on the NX to focus more on the mobile, considering how successful the PGO is.
……forgetit
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Seeing as I can't find a source, fair enough.
I think that's fake.
NinjaCoachZ
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They probably designed this cover assuming NX would be revealed by the time of writing. The URL says this was uploaded/made in August?
JohnTinker
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Where is the source for this? The dimensions of the cover look odd to me, not standard print
Edit: welp, see above
They are printing these?
Dark Cloud
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Omg! I feel like somebody brought this up before, but I can't remember. When would this issue release??
Yeah...but I don't understand why put it now...they could've waited for the following issue (the one happening after the NX reveal).
Actually, I have a question: did they have the same kind of news featuring in Issue #23 cover at first as well? If that's the case, we would tend more to consider it as a putative news feature.
EDIT: Ah, right, posted on August 31st. I'd say nothing to see, then. Don't know when the issue comes out, the October 21st date is the cut-off to join the Patreon users who will get it.
Doc Holliday
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Wouldn't that be a cover news story if they knew for sure?
JohnTinker
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Unless they don't have press shots and only written detail, then no, it wouldn't be enough for a cover feature.
Father_Brain
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Y'know, while I really, really, really don't want to believe that there won't even be a reveal date before the Q2 results, it's probably best if I just try to assume that.
Sigh.
Sigh.
Uh, in the United States they have, and many other countries don't quite as spend crazy. Tax return season, plus landing before the end of the fiscal year.
WTF
Yep. Someone from NoC said all and Nintendo themselves have said that there would be NX information some time this year.
purseowner
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Much as I doubt the whole thing, I think this is the most we can expect out of tomorrow, unless the announcement is announced today for a stream tomorrow.
Gormless Noodle
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Seems like the most likely scenario, yeah. Don't think it's likely such a smalltime patreon backed magazine has any info on the NX this early.
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