"Nintendo has always said that we compete in the entertainment industry so we fight minute by minute for consumers' entertainment time," he said. "This partnership with Netflix will help us get more of that consumers' entertainment time on the Wii console."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2010781559_nintendo_wii_gets_netflix_how.html

Reggie talking about Netflix on Wii, and Netflix has nothing to do with gaming.

Squilliam answered this quite well in a unique way on page 124 of this thread:

"Cable TV isn't a dedicated sports medium and yet they are the dominant medium for delivering that kind of content. Facebook isn't a dedicated gaming platform at yet it sports the game with a userbase exceeding the Wii. So with iOS devices not being dedicated gaming devices doesn't mean they will also never become an important handheld gaming marketplace." -Squilliam

Yes, the 3DS and 3D TV may not be fulfilling the same function. This is a given. However, we are missing the forest while we are over analyzing the trees like a botanist.

As Sony intends, they want to use 3D television to sell PS3s among other things in their diverse line of products. Nintendo with the 3DS intends to handicap Sony's ability to sell PS3s via 3D televisions. There is no love lost between these two companies, both see each other as their respective main, domestic competitor. As such, the business moves of Sony are faced with asymmetric attempts intended on lowering Sony's bottom line to the point. Nintendo did this with the Wii monopolizing the lower end from the get go leaving a Red Ocean at the upper end between Sony and Microsoft.

Sony's experience with the PS2 coming out just as DVDs were becoming the main vehicle for home video viewing, thought that spending the extra year to add blu ray functionality would immediately blast the PS3 to the top of this generation. Blu ray never did for Sony what DVD did for Sony. Sony with 3D television is once again retreating upmarket in order to monopolize a niche they believe Nintendo cannot disrupt.

Sony is wrong, Nintendo can and intends to disrupt their upmarket via the 3DS selling to the lower market. Once the 3DS comes out, there will be a media fervor asking why a company as small as Nintendo can put out a glassless 3D experience while Sony, toshiba and panasonic are going glassless for 3D tv, is requiring $3000 for a full on 3D experience?

Sony will not answer that question because they will be caught with their pants down or they may mutter "we are working on it, why don't you ask the same question to Toshiba or Panasonic?" Of course, your good journalist will retort, "Well Toshiba and Panasonic are not in the video game business trying to push the sales of their gaming product with their television for a 3D gaming experience. Again, why are you requiring $3000 for a full on 3D experience?"

Sony at this point may walk away from the interview and mutter "fuck you" bombs under it's breath to the journalist.

Well if you are talking about these kinds of things, fair enough. But I thought you were talking about Nintendo actively fighting 3DTV and music (remember we talked about Nintendo disrupting 3DTV in the post you quoted).

Of course they will try to make people use the console more often and get more customers on board. But they surely won't attack TV (how do you want to fight TV? It's impossible. The Wii is only a gaming machine. You need a TV to play it.)

In continuation of rant towards new Mertoid I expect Malstrom to say: "Told ya", - in regard to the game's sales =)

Does Malstrom ever reference VGC?  I sort of think he'll wait for NPD's September report before commenting, though only if Other M comes in behind Retroid 3.  He may reference Charttrack's poor showing, but he definitely won't mention the JP trackers/sales...

Then you didn't notice that he mentioned Super Mario Galaxy 2 sold better in Japan, but not enough to get the mainstream audience or move systems. He is likely to do that here. And even if does sell on par, since Prime 3 (why that silly nickname?) still did not go mainstream, and still did not give the Wii the hardware boost these kinds of games need, he will still mention it.

I didn't notice because I didn't look.  I haven't followed Malstrom since his laughable "McCain upset" prediction.  That's why I asked if he's ever referenced VGC.

He explained that. There was a hurricane where he lived (you can look that up), and he didn't have the means to see how the economy was shifting the election in the last days.

Plus you claimed to know some of his postings afterwards (such as the earlier claim he bashed Other M at every opportunity, which any reading his posts shows isn't the case), which means you had to have been making them up, since you don't follow him now.

Okay, you don't like the guy, but lying about what he writes makes you just as bad as you claim he is.