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[Maiar_m]

Even tomorrow still leaves an entire weekend to travel. It's not like very many reporters are going to miss the chance to go to the reveal/press event of such a secretive console. The general public needs even less notification.

Assuming the reveal goes with a press event. They could do a Direct reveal and have the press around at a separate date, couldn't they?

 

[takriel]

Nintendo's twitter on the 12th: "What, you still asking about NX? It's here, we released it already! Didn't you know? Go get it, then!"

 

[Regiruler]

If you predict it to happen every day, I guess you will be right, eventually.

Now we're never going to get the NX you bastard.

 

[Plum]

Congrats, NeoGAF. We are finally analysts.

You know, NeoGaf, we really are the Wall Street Journal

 

[AdanVC]

Good thing we have lot's of games coming to Wii U during the holidays to keep us busy. There's so many that I don't give a flying chicken roast about NX anymore......................................

Spoiler

pls kill me now until october??? FML

 

[NintendosBooger]

After the TGS, so last week of September (Fall, as originally stated). If Nintendo does it before, the hype from their reveal could find itself smothered by announcements at the game show.

 

[Guevara]

Waiting for the NX announcement is like:

If it's not announced in the next 3 weeks...

...just wait longer. (Ace Ventura)

 

[Father_Brain]

After the TGS, so last week of September (Fall, as originally stated). If Nintendo does it before, the hype from their reveal could find itself smothered by announcements at the game show.

It's probably not happening before TGS, granted, but when was the last time a truly huge announcement was made there? I don't think that would really be a problem.

 

[Rösti]

As maxcriden mentioned, I expect Nintendo to talk about NX during the Corporate Management Policy Briefing* / FY 2016 Semi-Annual Financial Results Briefing on October 27, 10:00 AM JST (tentatively), regardless of the machine being revealed or not prior to that date. That time corresponds to:

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/schedule/index.html

*Tentative

Nintendo's FY 2016 Second Quarter Earnings Release is scheduled for October 26, 2016. That could be coupled with a news conference featuring some announcements. They announced NX would be launching in 2017 in a news conference connected to an earnings release.

 

[Exterminieren]

I guess it's time for me to be an analyst again.


Going back to my Calendar theories.

It's now Sept 8th. If we assume 3 weeks ahead for a live announcement here we go...

That basically mean the 29th at the earliest.

Oh and that would mean invites would have to go out like right now.

So yeah all signs point to October for a live event if we go off the 3 week theory.

I cannot conceive why you'd make the assumption that Nintendo's going to do a live press conference.

I'd bet firm hard cash on it being presented to the public through a Direct, both in terms of the business and in what actually suits Nintendo's needs, and we know from years of experience that Nintendo does not need much lead time to announce those.

 

[Wandering Robot]

How long before it's revealed that WSJ's "analysts" are GAF?

BREAKING: Neogaf forum posters invent new branch of math to calculate the date when Nintendo will reveal NX

NeoGAF, the only true news source. Considering that WSJ clearly knows about as much as we do.

Honestly, we're all in limbo until Nintendo speaks. Perhaps THEY should make a prediction on the release date!

 

[ahkdigital]

Assuming the reveal goes with a press event. They could do a Direct reveal and have the press around at a separate date, couldn't they?

Sure: that would simply require a "tune in tomorrow" message on social media, at the latest. It would be nice because then you'd have a brief console 'reveal' on the 12th/13th, companies would be free to start announcing games for the platform all during TGS, the press gets hands on demos later on, and so forth.

One caveat is whether that momentum would burn out or if it would be enough to carry to March (i.e: maybe it's too soon to go all in on that type of coverage). You, of course, could have all the obligatory interviews with developers, press coverage, further feature reveals, surprise games, coverage for their existing platforms, and so forth from now until March.

For the foreseeable future, PlayStation has already chosen their path with the 'Pro'. Scorpio, outside of some tech specs, hasn't been very well defined - they still have some time to add new 'features'. Though the 'competition' has defined a bit, Nintendo was afraid of people 'stealing' their ideas - which is pretty much always going to be a possibility.

But, a little on the PlayStation note: https://www.theguardian.com/technol...o-our-approach-isnt-reactive-this-time-around (which, you have to be at least a little reactive)

 

[Vampirolol]

You know, NeoGaf, we really are the Wall Street Journal

Only gaf kids will get this meta joke inside a joke!!

 

[ZorgThePencil]

Can't wait to see what Nintendo have in store!

 

[HeySeuss]

We should enjoy this period of unrest and uncertainty. Once it's actually revealed, then the hating and second guessing starts. And how Nintendo doesn't get it and they're doomed.

Enjoy the hype while you can.

 

[L Thammy]

We should enjoy this period of unrest and uncertainty. Once it's actually revealed, then the hating and second guessing starts. And how Nintendo doesn't get it and they're doomed.

Enjoy the hype while you can.

In the grim future, MuchoMalo controls all.

 

[SweetDonuts]

We should enjoy this period of unrest and uncertainty. Once it's actually revealed, then the hating and second guessing starts. And how Nintendo doesn't get it and they're doomed.

Enjoy the hype while you can.

There's hating and second guessing without the unveil anyway, so...

 

[HeySeuss]

There's hating and second guessing without the unveil anyway, so...

Yeah but it'll be much much worse after the reveal. And some of the ones that are thinly veiled trolls will drop the act and go full out hate mode.