I agree. As mentioned, Nintendo were promoting Disruption tactics and hinting at their "Blue Ocean" strategy as early as 2001.
There are other articles at that Birdman site that back up your view that the GC was a "stop gap" whilst they formulated their new direction - and I would agree with that too
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What's amazing is that the software companies are quite slow on the uptake and remain one step behind Nintendo by still only producing casual games.....then they complain that they "can't compete with Nintendo".....well, no, not if they don't keep up they won't
