@Squilliam
Well he saw arriving the huge success of Wii ( with huge I mean "fastest selling system" ) before its launch, not only that but he has described with a good precision WHY the Wii will be an "avalanche".
I know because I read his articles in 2006.
Like a said previously Malstrom writing is eccentric and tend to polarize ( hope this is the right term 
).
But some arguments he has touch are undeniably at the base of Nintendo success.
His bright move wasn't to discover the plan of Nintendo ( because that plan was exposed to anyone who care listen ) but only to be one of the few to really listen to what Nintendo manager said before the launch of Wii ( they referenced the 2 books Blue Ocean Strategy and Innovator Dilemma quite often ) and study it.
BTW Squillam have you seen coming the "Revolution" ? What do you think about the Wii ?
Oh and on point 2 ( the point that matter for that blog entry ) well I think that the diffuse myopia in the Industry is quite clear 
“In the entertainment business, there are only heaven and hell, and nothing in between and as soon as our customers bore of our products, we will crash.” Hiroshi Yamauchi
TAG: Like a Yamauchi pimp slap delivered by Il Maelstrom; serving it up with style.
