There is a short version below this paragraph if you want to read that instead
Nintendo is launching first because they don't want to head the way of the N64 or the GC.
Nintendo thinks that the 2 system lost because Sony had about a year of time for themselves. So when the PSP was announced. Nintendo announced the DS. It was heavily rushed because of this. Whey else is the DS orginal look so dumb and big. With few games in launch and only 3 years after the GBA. Than nintendo launched the wii around the same time as the PS3. (according to them MS is no threat) They hope to use 3-D which sony was going to put in tvs. Useing this idea nintendo decided to go alittle down market and put it on the DS instead. (Since it has yet been done before suscessfully on a handheld hoping to go blue ocean agian) The 3DS is to destroy sony in the handheld divsion.
In concluesion Nintendo is trying to destroy the compition and be sucessful at the same time.
Useing lessons of the past. They hope to acomblish this