LogFAQs > #192564

From: the icon ownz all | Posted: 8/10/2011 1:20:08 PM | #023
Also said in that article:

"I would characterize the key factors as being… first party games, like Ocarina of Time or Star Fox, should maybe have been made available more quickly after launch. That might have been a missed opportunity. And then secondly, not launching the eShop until June was certainly was something that negatively impacted our momentum. I would point to those two factors as being significant ones that took some of the wind out of our sails following a positive few weeks after launch. As we take away those lessons and apply them to future launches, we need to look at things like key first party titles are launching much earlier in the launch window."

"...we didn't launch it too early, but we did allow too much of a gap from the launch to the time when some of these key products or features were available. We needed to narrow that gap"

...I don't think we did was make sure key [demonstrations] of key features were available to take home. Meaning… where was that key first party title that really showed off the capabilities of the system graphically – and not just from a 3D perspective, but overall graphically – as Ocarina of Time does today? That wasn't there soon enough in the launch window. Where were the digital offerings that rewarded you for taking the device on-the-go, connecting to SpotPass hot spots that we've negotiated? That wasn't available until June. So these were things that consumers knew about, but we weren't paying them off with functionality until months after the product had launched."

While Iwata sent out this letter to Japanese 3DS owners:
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/read-satoru-iwatas-apologetic-letter-to-existing-3ds-owners/3546/

But no, you're right. Reggie -- and I see you eventually attributed everything he said to just 'Nintendo' -- solely blames the third party developers for Nintendo's failings.