23rd February 2005, 10:17 PM
Good point about Nintendo working closely with other companied to build good relationships. Perhaps Nintendo knows that in the short term its been hit with an end run by both Sony and MS, but in the long run, they hope to build strong relationships with all the major 3rd party companies again, and sometime down the line, suddenly subvert both Sony and MS by getting these companies to favor Nintendo's console and deal them both a long term blow. Realistically, Nintendo while not as big in market share as the other 2 consoles, as a company, it is still the most profitable, the best managed, sells about as well as the SNES (the market really has expanded) and runs plenty of other businesses that will keep them alive for some time.