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In a very real way I think Nintendo’s strategy of not talking about games that are not pending release has worked on me, although not in the way you suggested. In the past (and to this day on the XBox 360) when I started looking at a game which was interesting I tended to hold off if there was a big game on the horizon; and quite regularly that game which was (supposedly) 3 months away would be delayed and there would be no reason to hold off on buying a game. Part of the reason I would hold off would be time or money, but the major part of it was that I find playing too many similar games too close together actually makes them much less enjoyable; and in certain genres I can handle more games closer together, while other genres (MMOs in particular) really need a several year break between games.