No, Nintendo wasn't secretive. They were talking about their take on the market a long time in advance. They actually were more open than the competition. If the third parties didn't understand Nintendos strategy, it's for them to blame, not Nintendo.
@Picko: Abusing its position on the market wasn't the case, the same limitations Nintendo put to third parties, applied for Nintendo too.
Nintendo did force 2 years timed exclusivities for games and it's actually no different than the Sonys requirements on late ports having extra content on Sonys consoles.
Nintendo was an ass to 3rd parties with N64, with the "dream team" of developers, but because it backfired, they fixed the relations even during the N64 times (although, nobody still wanted to develope for N64 due to the high cost and low sales expectations). Due fixing the relations, Gamecube had pretty decent 3rd party support out of the gate, but due to moneyhatting from the competition and bad hardware sales, the support quickly dried out.
Ei Kiinasti.
Eikä Japanisti.
Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.
Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.
