The basic facts of Nintendo sales and profits being way down are accurate, but are typically sensationalised. I can understand why people get annoyed by that. I find it a little surprising an article like this appeared on the Times website-it's supposed to be a fairly prestigious and intelligent British paper. I'd expect an article like this in the Daily Mail or perhaps the Mirror (which had a "Nintendo admits iPhone hammers DS" article up the other day).
The ignorance of Nintendo's Q4 plans is the major oversight in this article. Not mentioning sequels to two of the biggest releases of the decade in an article were he does mention the "potentially lucrative" Mario Galaxy 2 is a poor admission. His comments about the Tokyo Game Show are also unclear-it is not specified whether Nintendo display titles there (which they do not) or whether he is talking about the notable keynotes from TGS, including Iwata's unveiling of the Wii remote in 2005. His comments suggesting Miyamoto's reputation have been badly damaged by Wii Music, or that he had a reputation as infallible before Wii Music are also fairly poor. One 'unsuccessful' release when compared with everything else he has contributed to the success of Wii and DS (and by extension, gaming in general) has not done any significant damage to his reputation.
This article does not bash the Wii, but it does sensationalise and ignore certain facts that would be relevant to Nintendo's position now and in the coming months. Any analysis of a text is informed by the reader themselves, by their own personal dispositions and such. So to a certain extent, it could be argued the conclusions gathered from this article by forum members say more about the forum members themselves that it does the article. And before those of you defending the article and championing it as a fair analysis of Nintendo's current position decide this supports your conclusions regarding Wii owners, understand it also paints you as eager to believe sensationalised negative news about Nintendo, just as it paints a hyper defensive picture of some Wii owners.
Such conclusions are of course not infallible, so perhaps treating each other and each others' opnions of this article with a little more respect would be a good idea. For a slightly more balanced article from Times Online regarding Nintendo's financial results, check this one out:
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article6733954.ece
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