@OP
As others have said Nintendo doesn't have to do anything. While I understand your take on the situation. It's from an old perspective. The views you are using only work to an enthusiast or "core" gamer. That's not how reality works though. The average consumer is happy with the product they have when it meets their valued needs. Heres the difference why Nintendo doesn't have to do anything to specifically counter MS or Sony.
MS is copying the Nintendo strategy by doing the same type of actions, but do they truly understand the strategy. Is MS aiming to meet the needs the customer or are they trying to meet the needs of a technology. MS has pretty much from near it's existence is more about fufilling technology rather than the consumer values. Because of this MS will always be a trailing edge unless it "get's lucky".
Does Nintendo need to do anything. No. Nintendo will aim to meet the needs/values of the broad consumer. While MS will try to play technical cathup(or surpass). But history has shown a very common ground. A successful product isn't a better product. A successful product meets the needs/values of the consumer first. With that in mind it won't matter if Natal proves to be a better tech. Since most of the broad consumer is currently displaying that it's happy with the Wiiremote.
Can MS take the broad consumer lead. Only if figures/lucks out on something that fills the consumer needs. Anyone notice how Zune was successful. Anyone notice why Internet Explorer is sucessful. iPod beat out Zune because it was first to fill the needs. IE is on an OS first to fill the needs. So why should the average consumer download a different browser when they allready have one? Just ask on this site which is the most popularly used browser. It will be IE. If most people know that FF is better, why don't they switch. Because they are comfortable with IE and it works for what they need. So are you seeing the patter here?
Does MS need to counter FF, Opera, Chrome?
The core view is to value the technology. Because there values always want the latest and greatest. Since you are posting this it is clear that you see the "superior"(if it is) design of Natal. As such your view tells you that the superior tech will win. If you consider what I wrote and evidence of real market consumer behavior. Have you changed your mind? or do you insist that better tech wins?
Squilliam: On Vgcharts its a commonly accepted practice to twist the bounds of plausibility in order to support your argument or agenda so I think its pretty cool that this gives me the precedent to say whatever I damn well please.
