I disagree with the notion that Nintendo was aggressive at all with the Wii. Clearly, the Wii's general success was hoped for, but in no way planned for. If they had ANY idea that it would have hit this big, they would have had twice the production planned during its first 18 months. The fact that M$ only admitted to a 5 million goal on the Kinect through the holidays, but actually had 8 million in the channel proves that they learned from Nintendo's mistake and were mostly ready. I can't call Nintendo smart for what was obviously lightning in a bottle, they could have killed the PS3 and 360 completely had they been ready for it. The reality is, that no company can plan for such a cultural phenomenon that is/was the Wii. Just ask Apple about their ipods. When they came out originally, the same thing happened about 6-7 months after they launched. The lemmings decided that they had found the standard for mobile music devices and voted with their wallets.
Bottom line : It can't hurt to be in the right place at the right time!
