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Squilliam said:

landguy1 said:

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.

They would have  charged $299 for the priviledge of owning one and wouldn't have given their biggest ever game away for free had they had any idea.

I disagree; based on Iwata Asks interviews, the idea behind it was that the packed-in software was going to drive sales, and the take-away inside of Nintendo is that Wii Sports worked as a pack-in.