For 30 years? I doubt that. That would imply that Nintendo planned to short the Wii but that's a falacy. In fact, this has only been the strategy
since the Wii.
Nintendo uninentionally had a shortage because of their internally-integrated production philosophy and the refusal to use warehouse storage. It was an oversight. It was only afterwards that Nintendo learned to adjust by efficiently creating a Wii per unit demanded. They are extremely lucky that demand was high after producing more units. This unintended consequence, the persistent demand, and ability to adjust to these issues is the only collective reason they came out on top. It's similar to how Netflix royally
ed up their program a few years ago yet managed to make more money than ever before.
ing up and having their stock drop 40% was definitely NOT their plan. It yielded a positive outcome and now everyone thinks they're brilliant. No - they're still stupid for what they did. It's the equivalent of calling a lotto winner a success.
NO COMPANY wants an ineffiency in their supply/demand feasibilty range. It was an inadvertant success and now they are trying to apply it to every product they make henceforth. My argument is that luck will certainly run out. The Wii was a beacon of light for them as far as consumer perception goes.
As far as this adapter goes, who knows. Is the core Smash community vibrant enough in a couple years to want this product? Maybe, but it certainly won't reach Wii-heights.
I'm in a class now in which I am doing a long-term case study on Nintendo. This was one of the first falacies about Nintendo that I learned. Yay for applying education!