Flawed argument, and highly selective. Sure, there are some parallels, but Iwata's briefing on the QOL was different to the announcement of the DS. The DS was another videogame console, but represented a step away from the GameBoy brand. QOL represents the first time in more than thirty years that Nintendo have launched a new business venture, designed to increase revenue streams so that the videogame business isn't Nintendo's only source of income.
Further more, in the same briefing cited by the article, Iwata commented that in the long-term, the QOL business was intended to strengthen the videogame business. Iwata also outlined the future of Nintendo's videogame business, with a Network orientated platform accessed via home consoles and portables that would share OS features, for ease of cross-platform development. Iwata has a vision for the future of videogaming at Nintendo, and this is ignored in the article in order to reach a hit-worthy conclusion. Just more sub-standard reporting, really.
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