I doubt very much that Mr. Iwata meant that they were going to withhold first-party releases, rather that Nintendo plans to structure the release schedule so that there is a constant stream of new releases and every title gets a fair shot to reduce sleeper titles and increase sales all around. nintendo is notorious for pushing their games much harder than third party titles. i think this is a good strategy for nintendo to cultivate more of a symbiotic relationship with other developers and allow them to highlight each title and give consumers more reasons(first and third party equally) to purchase their hardware. i dont know if anyone read the article about a week back about nintendo wanting to work hand in hand with other studios/developers on "project cafe" inorder to produce the best possible product for the fans/consumers, its my assumption that this is a way of testing those waters and planting the seeds for these collaborations and a show of good faith in an attempt to get more devs on board. after the past 5 years,it looks as though nintendo is finally making "good moves"!

also anyone who seriously thinks nintendo will withhold releases is mistaken, they need to turn a profit and without games, it gets harder to do so, i dont think we will have to worry about a lack of first party titles any time soon.

if they could hold off releasing another Mario game for the next 50 years, I might actually have a chance at getting rid of my worryingly intense hatred for that whiny voiced fat man.