Oh my God! John Lucas is back! I'm so happy!
You always come up with this Nintendo strategy to lead its competitors (Sonly, Microsoft, PC, smartphones, tablets) into a trap, i.e. to launch the 8. console generation early to make them panicky release their 8. generation unfinished and to bleed them financially dry in their power game, to let them copy successfull Nintendo features (remote controll, casual market, etc.) so they can fight them on ground where they are stronger, to let them still worry about the handheld market because of the success of 3DS which takes their focus away from things which are more important, etc.
Honestly, while you always have to be aware of what your competitors do, what their strong and weak points are, I don't think that Nintendo has a strategy to "kill off" their competitors. They really don't care too much about their competitors because they are completely focused on their own. That is and was always their strongest point and that's exactely why they always can raise up like the Phoenix from the ashes when they are on a low point.







