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WSJ: No announcements planned for game titles or specs for Nintendo Switch in 2016
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Off-Kilter
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Come on son
Here we go..
In that case I kind of feel like they could have kept it to themselves until everything was ready to show.
This is the equivalent of a game getting announced with a CG trailer that tells us nothing only for the meat of the game to be shown off just a few months later with silence in between. Either do both at the same time or just skip the teasing crap.
Oh well, if the new Mario is good and the device isn't region locked I'll be there fairly early.
This is the equivalent of a game getting announced with a CG trailer that tells us nothing only for the meat of the game to be shown off just a few months later with silence in between. Either do both at the same time or just skip the teasing crap.
Oh well, if the new Mario is good and the device isn't region locked I'll be there fairly early.
OrbitalBeard
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Honestly, a big reason for this reveal was likely to appease investors so they don't have to dodge a bunch of questions next week.
Plus, like others have said, a short preview video plants a seed in the consumer's mind.
Sorcerer
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Personally I think its smart, it plants a seed in someones head that they may want to wait a few months before choosing a console. If you want the Switch, 3 months after Xmas for a new console is not a big deal to wait.
Yes. Especially to parents around the holiday season. You think people are gonna hold off on spending money for something they have no clue about, other then its called Nintendo switch and only one official launch title announced ( Zelda ). Or are they gonna say screw it, not take the gamble and just get PS4, Xbone or whatever for the holidays.
Its suppose to be at the reveal, which is prob in Jan, plus the game isnt comin out until 2018, and they just started on the game so I doubt they have much to show right now anyways.
From where I'm sitting Nintendo seems to have built up quite a bit of hype and excitement actually. Look how many NX speculation threads there have been and how much excitement the reveal trailer caused.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Wait so this means everyone else is free to announce things?
Vanillalite
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News gets burried during the Holiday season. Better to wait post this Holiday. Currently they are on full Poke ramp up for Sun & Moon. Now that we know what the system is better to wait and do a full blowout in January vs drip feeding or trying to do a direct during the Holidays.
BRocknRolla
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Doesn't surprise me in the least. It's really dumb, but it doesn't surprise me. They should have had a whole PR strategy ready from now until release, but of course they don't.
I hope the leaks pour through.
They'd need a price, or they're just going to leave it to retailers to overestimate and turn people away from it.
I hope the leaks pour through.
They'd need a price, or they're just going to leave it to retailers to overestimate and turn people away from it.
So you think parents are so in tune with consoles that they would wait until March to get their kid a $350 system over a $300 dollar system during the holidays.
Why? your not getting it for Christmas anyways
Do we want to go into that territory though? As in... Nintendo would've preferred the January reveal?
A 3 minute video and than a few months of silence, along with everything else we've learned makes that more reasonable and less anth0ny-y.
So they just throw together a commercial (a great one mind you) only to be silent for months about this thing?
Meh :l. If Nintendo want's to not inform people about their upcoming console, okay then. But I do hope they clarify some major bit's of information (price, battery live, touch screen support, Wii U/3DS BC or Virtual Console Support, ect) over the next few months.
At the very least, studios like SEGA and Image & Form Games can talk about the Switch openly.
Meh :l. If Nintendo want's to not inform people about their upcoming console, okay then. But I do hope they clarify some major bit's of information (price, battery live, touch screen support, Wii U/3DS BC or Virtual Console Support, ect) over the next few months.
At the very least, studios like SEGA and Image & Form Games can talk about the Switch openly.
Sorcerer
Member
Parents are never in tune with this stuff. Its up to the kids to steer their parents to the console they want. And we don't know that it is $350.
The hook of a console and a portable in one is a good one.
Might get something at The Game Awards in Dec
WiiRevolution1
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I trust both people. I don't know who to believe.
But seriously, I expect January since if not...they would've just had a full direct.
Hope to be wrong tho. Good god its five months out and we still have no idea what the launch games are besides Zelda which technically isn't confirmed. For all we know all games show today could be launch or none of them. Its literally all up in the air. Glad to finally have 100% confirmation that I can go all portable but I need to know how I should manage launch titles. Don't even show no more footage, just the price and 1st party launch titles! :/
This is my dream device so I'm hyped as hell but this has to be the most annoying leadup to a launch I've ever been apart of.
Alex_Mexico
Member
Way to give would be NS buyers a reason not to buy a PS4 or XB1 this holiday season!
Look, your console looks nice and all but other than Zelda we still have zero official game confirmations for the damn console. The WiiU's dead. You guys should be hyping us for the Switch so much that people would choose to wait for it instead jumping the gun.
Jesus Christ, Nintendo. I fail to see why this announcement is considerably better than the WiiU's.
Look, your console looks nice and all but other than Zelda we still have zero official game confirmations for the damn console. The WiiU's dead. You guys should be hyping us for the Switch so much that people would choose to wait for it instead jumping the gun.
Jesus Christ, Nintendo. I fail to see why this announcement is considerably better than the WiiU's.
The console releases to the masses in less than 5 months. There's software for it, there's literally no way there isn't.
CrAzY FiNgErS
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So far nothing has been delayed.
No, but their kids are.
trugs26
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Times are changing. The time from announcement to launch is becoming much quicker with every generation. 2 months seems fine in this day and age.
Ooccoo
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I thought the console would be region free???
Yabberwocky
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Talk about some blue balls, Nintendo, ow. That's cruel.
i'm sure they can. sega and square enix already have - but i'm sure nintendo would prefer if people saved their stuff for the full reveal in 2017.
the short turnaround time from reveal to launch means they can consolidate their marketing spend into those months and keep hype super fresh up through launch and into the next fiscal year. it's not a bad idea - the 3 minute reveal video received a largely positive reception when people have been demanding a stage show instead. in the end it comes down to presentation, and if something is good or if something sucks, that's what people will remember in the end.
I was going off the other persons example price. Anyways most kids probably aren't patient enough to ask their parents to hold off on a holiday gift for three months.
SinCityAssassin
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Not to be pedantic, but they've got two Dragon Quest games, Just Dance, and Sonic.
And had another three months of moaning and death of Nintendo plaguing their ecosystem?
This moves is also done to reassure the stockholders that NS is a new system they are preparing to launch to show the Stockholders that they are still deep in gaming industry.
orthodoxy1095
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never confirmed or denied. those are just rumors.
Spyder_Monkey
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PS4 Pro hype died as quickly as it began.
TheDarkKnight774
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Has any console ever been rolled out like this? I can't think of any.
You have nothing this fall, your presence after the Wii U is zilch, gamers are going to buy Xbox, PS4, ps4 pro this holiday and you have a super stacked 2017 slate of games on said consoles. And your plan of attack is to talk about it 2-3 months away from launch?
Everything about this console roll out has been bizarre. It feels like they're not ready for march.
You have nothing this fall, your presence after the Wii U is zilch, gamers are going to buy Xbox, PS4, ps4 pro this holiday and you have a super stacked 2017 slate of games on said consoles. And your plan of attack is to talk about it 2-3 months away from launch?
Everything about this console roll out has been bizarre. It feels like they're not ready for march.
Caipirinha
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The idea that Nintendo has changed/learned something/turned over a near leaf is entirely a fan construct.
When you look at it objectively, everything they have done this year and everything they have revealed about the Switch is perfectly in keeping with their behaviour since the Wii.
I predict so many expectations are about to be crushed by this thing, not just in terms of the hardware (same cheap plasticky build quality, internals entirely within the realm of handheld gaming and not a home console) but also games (not sure why people are expecting a suite of hardcore Nintendo classics like a real Metroid etc).
You'll get Zelda, and it will be forbidden to see it as the 2010-esque middle of the road action RPG it looks to be for at least 2 years, and you'll your Mario Kart, Pokemon and probably a great 3D Mario, otherwise you're looking at standard Nintendo handheld shovelware and the occasional gem +/- some gimmicky multiplayer focused titles taking advantage of the minuscule deratchable controllers until publishers realise there's no real market for that feature.
Japanmanx3
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Would think a Direct would still be coming at some point before next year.
Gentleman Jack
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Surely these same stockholders will ask pointed questions about why they don't appear to have any software marketing plans between now and January for their new platform, I think having a preview video only checks off one item from a list of several dozen from quizzical board members.
SinCityAssassin
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I'm pretty sure Bethesda is refusing to talk about the Switch port by choice because it releases months after the PSR/XBO versions. As far as I know third parties are free to announce any game they want if it isn't a launch title. Hell, 4 or 5 devs already revealed themselves to be partners independent from the official list.