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[–] SpaceC0w 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

They didn't delay the console to stop imitators, they did it because they had too few games ready. Classic Nintendo problem.

I also think it was a bit crazy to not show it at E3. After all, were they worried about ruining the WiiU's holiday sales? There won't be any regardless! But this is one of those "wait and see" situations. It'll be easy to say how bad their strategy was once we've seen the machine. Say what you want about the WiiU, I really enjoyed mine, and that's knowing full well the gimmick wasn't very good and the third-party support was the worst it's ever been.

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[–] rabidjackdaniels [S] ago 

Agreed; NX could be good, it could be bad. Signs are pointing at anything from another N64 or another Wii U tho, and they really need something more like the N64 again; modestly successful in light of their biggest competitor, appeals to the West, pretty good Western 3rd party support, amazing 1st/2nd party games and not a generational step back in terms of power. If they could get the Japanese 3rd party support to GC levels (and caliber) as well, NX could be fantastic.

But I'm having many doubts about that.

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[–] this_somuchthis ago 

more like it was on par with XB1 and they didn't want to be two generations behind. i hope they put out something half-decent, specs wise. the games shouldn't be a problem.

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[–] rabidjackdaniels [S] ago 

It would be completely amateur of Nintendo to haphazardly redo the entire system design this late and this close to its supposed launch, but like others are saying if the March release doesn't end up happening (it could happen for Japan I guess, but elsewhere? Nah), this could be the reason.

Which just begs the question of how they fucked up so bad they couldn't solidify a future-proofed design in the 4 years they've had since the Wii U released.

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[–] My_Name_Is_Bad ago 

If you skip the biggest show of the industry

Biggest or not, it's becoming increasingly irrelevant. Honestly, I think they haven't done any showing of NX because they're still not fucking done with the final hardware. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if they wind up delaying it from March until the fall. If TGS comes and goes and we still haven't seen hide nor hair, then it's time to worry.

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[–] Somehumanmale 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Prediction: The March "release" isn't going to happen. It's a date soon enough to keep N fans on board despite the lack of Wii U support past summertime. I fully expect it to be holiday 2017. We would know more if it was coming in nine months. If they'd come out three months ago and admitted it was a year and a half away people would have been absolutely furious.