Nintendo continues to crush speculative dreams
by Jason Wishnov 
{ Jul 6th 2006 at 7:29PM }
Nintendo as a company is traditionally tight-lipped when it comes to critical information. Frequently, as they are now, Nintendo fans are left in months-long droughts of any meaningful news. It's painful. It hurts. So what do they do? They speculate. Each has starry-eyed visions of launch day in excrutiating detail: available games, pricing, date, location, what they're going to wear...well, we do, anyway.Nintendo, however, will have none of it! Earlier, they (partially) debunked a CNN story that predicted an earlier than expected launch window, sticking to their ever-stubborn "Fourth Quarter" guns. And now? They shoot down our other possible launch date, stating that the Sports Illustrated for Kids article was purely theoretical. When then, can we expect it? Oh. Fourth quarter. Okay, we saw it coming, but still. Why not let us have our fun?
It appears that Iwata and the gang are dead-set on being the only information providers out there...and we're going to have to wait till September to hear it.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Skyone @ Jul 6th 2006 9:18PM
Aw.
Franky Digital @ Jul 6th 2006 10:12PM
It's really strange - queer even - that they have been so secretive about the release date. I can understand price, but why is such an ambiguous due date necessary? I'm starting to wonder if it's going to be a lot later than we've been lead to believe.
Cowlix @ Jul 6th 2006 10:14PM
I'm going to refrain from using Green Day "Wake Me Up September Ends" jokes.
Man, I hate that song.
ramuji @ Jul 6th 2006 11:12PM
My guess is that they are being very strategic and as flexible as possible. Nintendo will definitely want to launch before Sony. However, if Sony should end up delaying the PS3 launch beyond November, Nintendo could spend a few more weeks in production to increase their unit inventory. Remaining tight-lipped about a release date is very wise of Nintendo at this point.