noname2200 on 20 July 2008
I actually doubt it. Nintendo does it's own thing, third parties be damned. While the (highly relative) lack of heavy hitters this winter (so far) does open the door a bit for third parties, that's more of a happy accident than a deliberate strategy.
I also don't think they tried this strategy on the DS: they just shifted resources towards the Wii at the same time that third parties finally started to "get it." It seems like third-parties are doing the same towards the Wii now (right on schedule, might I add), but Nintendo isn't going to hold itself back just to benefit others. It never has, and it never should.
