Is Nintendo catering to Japan with the Café portability?

[Mr Khan]

Rainbird said:

Mr Khan said:
I would've figured that was obvious. What you're seeing is them trying to muscle Sony out of the Japanese market altogether by creating a console my convenient to the Japanese lifestyle that will also get those 3rd party games PS3 has been taking away, and a handheld which eats into the base of games PSP has had (though Monster Hunter will be the make-or-break player there)

But isn't that way too much to be handled by a controller? And why would they try to compete with the 3DS on that point?

Good streaming technology that allows for play with little lag needs you to be close to the point you're recieving from, so if they are going to be streaming games, the gameplay quality should be hurt noticably if they try to stream to you no matter where you are. That's not going to drive Monster Hunter playing PSP owners anywhere, not to mention Monster Hunter going to the NGP (depending on the 3DS not recieving its own game of course).

I'm talking about their strategy as a whole. "And a handheld" is referring to the 3DS, i'm saying if Cafe is as you speculate, the whole strategy is made to make Sony obsolete in Japan (now a more "portable" console might not help as much in the West, but there's only a day left before we can speak with more certainty on the subject, and such an initiative could fail either way)