HappySqurriel on 10 June 2009
I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo was using the increasing third party support, and their financial position, as an opportunity to grow their development capabilities in a very controlled fashion ...
Basically, 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.
