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Ever since rumors surfaced of a new Nintendo console, it'due south been causeless that Nintendo would launch a new platform before either Microsoft or Sony could finalize their ain side by side-generation offerings. Nintendo's almanac fiscal yr study just dashed those hopes — a brief line in the earning'south report states: "For our dedicated video game platform business organization, Nintendo is currently developing a gaming platform codenamed "NX"
with a make-new concept. NX will be launched in March 2022 globally."

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File this under "Nintendon't." (This is non a Nintendo NX, just in case that'south not clear).

Nintendo also confirmed it would not show the NX at E3 2022, equally had previously been widely expected. In fact, E3 won't be a major focus for Nintendo at all; the company will only bear witness one game, the upcoming Zelda open up-world championship. The demonstrations will all exist washed with the Wii U version of the game, though the last version volition be bachelor for both the NX and the Wii U by the time the new console launches.

Ceding basis to Sony

We tin't adequately telephone call this a delay, since Nintendo hasn't previously set a target for its NX launch. Merely waiting to launch the console until March 2022 has definite pros and cons. Even if Nintendo is playing coy with its phrasing (the console could go on auction in Japan before its global launch in March 2022), the Nintendo NX is going to launch after the PlayStation 4 Neo — and that'due south assuming Microsoft doesn't have its own super-secret project to reveal.

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With Nintendo merely showing one title at E3 it'southward going to be another slow year for the company's fans.

This is a bit of a switch for Nintendo, which has made something of an art of avoiding face-to-face battles with its rivals. The Wii launched at the aforementioned time as the PS3, but its lower cost largely insulated information technology from the $500-$600 battle being fought by Microsoft and Sony. The Wii U launched in 2022 in an attempt to grab a beginning-mover reward that largely fizzled.

Going head-to-head with the 2d-generation of the PS4 could be a rough ride for Nintendo. Information technology can't count on an advantage on its home turf and while its kickoff-political party franchises are nonetheless the green-eyed of the gaming world, the Wii U's depression sales means Nintendo needs to really capture the imagination of the gaming world — at a time when Sony already has an entrenched ecosystem and volition exist launching VR support in the autumn. If gamers opt for the PS4 Neo and PlayStation VR during the holiday flavor, in that location may not exist a lot of greenbacks left over for the Nintendo NX when it launches next March.

I thing this does settle is whether the Wii U'due south product will continue through this financial year, as per Nintendo's previous comments. If Nintendo launches the NX in March and discontinues the Wii U at more-or-less the same time, it can fairly claim to have fulfilled its literal statements regarding Wii U production while however dumping the console extremely quickly once the new machine is set for prime time.