| | Deadline Not Going to be Met? |
An anonymous Nintendo source reports that not only will Nintendo not meet
its goal of a holiday season 2000 launch, but that the release will probably
be delayed to the fall of 2001. One reason for the lateness is the hardware's
incompletion. Also, development kits are not scheduled to be made available
until January 2000, which does not afford enough time for developers to
complete their software.
This, unfortunately, is no surprise as I and many others have predicted
that Dolphin would not be available until some time in 2001. As IGN64
noted, Nintendo's claim of a holiday season 2000 release was intended
to steal away some of Playstation 2's thunder, forcing potential
customers to wait for the new Nintendo rather than buying Dreamcast or
Playstation 2 as soon as they hit the market. I am strongly opposed to this
strategy, as it only enforces Nintendo's reputation of massive delays and
will probably lead to a loss of trust for Nintendo among much of the
gaming public. While I don't believe that their little white lie will
significantly damage their sales, I still would have liked to have
seen a more realistic release date. A delay of a few months may acceptable,
but not many people will wait an entire year. Read the full story at
IGN64.
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