Even more terrible sales figures for Nintendo

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I realize that Nintendo and its fans need to concentrate on the games, rather than the sales, but of course, thats the genius of it all. While it maybe disappointing to see your favorite fall from glory to mediocritry in terms of popularity, I would say that Nintendo knows how to adapt to the reality of the situation... that they truly have lost their momentum.

They always concentrate on the games, but what is intelligent about their strategy is that they do not try to fight the inevitable. Rather than over extending their resources to TRY - and try very uselessly to overthrow Sony and Microsoft, they spend their resources with what they have, secure a hardcore following such as us that simply love Nintendo AAA stuff, and keep the business well managed so that they are profitable at the smaller scale at which they operate. Testimony to that is that they are rated best managed Japanese company by the Nikkei.

Hehe, being a Go player, I can see why Mr. Yamauchi has followed this strategy, and it has worked... problem is I'm sure that Mr. Iwata is aware of this too, but like Mr. Yamauchi, can only make preparations to kick Sony and MS's ass, but have to wait for the opportunity when they fuck up.