Where are all of Nintendo's games hiding?

[Joelcool7]

Rumours as to what Nintendo is doing!

 

Rumour #1

Nintendo is stocking up first party software for the lull in Wii hardware sales expected within the next year or two. If so Nintendo should have about 20 games that could be released as early as next fall if needed. During Nintendo's GameCube lull half way through resulted in at least one new first party title released each month. If Nintendo does the same we could see a major flow of software as early as next year

Rumour #2

President of Nintendo of America , Reggie Fils Aim stated in a rescent interview that Nintendo hopes third parties will aquire a 70% market share on the Wii. This would mean third party titles would have to over take Nintendo's first party sales. This rumour states that Nintendo is intentionally holding back its first party catalogue with the intent of third parties going unchallenged by Nintendo's first party titles!

Rumour #3

The biggest rumour and conspiracy. Nintendo does not have to worry about the Wii. The Wii now essentially sells itself and their is no longer a need for big first party titles to drive the hardware sales. In this rumour Nintendo has turned its first party development from a current generation focus to a next generation focus. Nintendo shifting focus to next generation development.

Rumour #4

Nintendo isn't actually holding back. Nintendo is focusing on big projects like LOZ and Pikmin. That we over estimate Nintendo's capabilities and that their are far fewer titles Nintendo is hiding then we suspect.

Rumour #5 (Stated by Happy Squirel)

Nintendo is slowly expanding their development capacity by "if you have 2 development teams and you want to grow to 3 development teams it (typically) works out better (in the long run) to split your two teams into 3 and to slowly hire people until every team is fully staffed. Most companies are never given the opportunity to grow in this fashion because it slows down your development cycle and few companies can afford to have short term lower revenue even if it means having a higher quality more reliable developer."