I don't get why selling more product equals spreading FUD or being the sneaky wolf? Launching earlier is rigged, launching at the same time is rigged, diverting shipments is rigged, increasing shipments is rigged? Nintendo could plot between the continents all they want - if people weren't interested in the Wii it wouldn't give them any good sales numbers. What Nintendo is staging is an honest competition for entertainment money with a system that honestly is not comparable to the PS3 + Xbox but pretty good anyway.
Hardcore gaming is a bubble economy blown up by Microsoft's $7 $6 billion losses.