Over at The Pensive Gamer I've started a new series of articles doing a current evaluation of the launch strategies taken by the console makers, and what they will need to consider longer term.

The first article discusses the Nintendo Wii. A snippet is below:


Even with all I've stated above it is way too early to declare the Wii this generation's winner. While it has an impressive looking trajectory, I get the impression that Nintendo successfully fought for a great launch without having a strong post-launch battle plan.