The titles fine, headlines and titles in english often take out conditionals and conjunctions...
On topic. Yes. Heck MS basically told people to buy a Wii (Peter Moore any way). But this is more Nintendo's strategy of pitting the two against each other. Nintendo Execsdidn't know the Wii would be a success, but Nintendo Execs knew that the other two would lose money.
Nintendo does have a reputation for being ruthless for a reason.
I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.