burninmylight said:
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only thing I can think of is she is a female in a male dominated business... that e3 was pretty terrible
burninmylight said:
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only thing I can think of is she is a female in a male dominated business... that e3 was pretty terrible
Max King of the Wild said:
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E3 '09 wasn't that bad. You must be thinking of '08. I don't know why people get so hung up on NoA people, all they do is localize and sell what NCL tells them to. They don't really have any influence or power over anything other than which direction to take the TV ads or what tag-lines to use in press conferences. All of the decisions about games that affect us as gamers are made by Iwata, Miyamoto and their management team in Kyoto.
Chandler said: 100% sure that the same quarterly results for Sony would be treated as a landslide victory. It's so hypocritical, Sony doesn't even reveal Vita sales and cuts forecasts by 6 million across two quarters and will cut it even more but somehow their investors just don't give a shit. |
what fantasy world do you live in?
This thread made me start thinking about Iwata and whether I like him or not, and I really do. He's so straight forward, open, honest, and wanting to engage with not only investors but the gamers. The Nintendo Direct speeches, his interviews with developers, and his very frequent speeches are all proof of this. I really appreciate him.
I can't think of a single other CEO in our industry who tries to be so honest, forward, and personable as Iwata.
Soleron said: I want this to happen. I can't think how Nintendo could be managed worse right now (there being zero games or consoles from them that I want, and poor earnings and sales) |
There are plenty of ways they can be managed worse.
There are also obvious ways in which they could have been managed better.
UncleScrooge said: @ Rest of the thread: What are you guys talking about? Nintendo is not fine, both their console and handheld markets are in severe decline and Iwata, being the CEO and responsible for Nintendo's operations, is to blame for this. Iwata was really smart using Blue Ocean strategy and making their next console a disruptive one - his analysis of the video gaming market in the early 2000's was spot on and his actions well thought out. But after that things just went downhill in every possible regard. Here's some blatant mistakes Nintendo made under Iwata's lead that any mediocre CEO should have been able to avoid: |
There's little here I could disagree with.
hunter_alien said: Its not Iwatas fault, I allways believed that he is ready to make Nintendo more flexible, but the rest of the leadership is bringing him down. |
Iwata's in charge. If there are obstacles, it is his job to deal with them. You can't even use the "Japanese companies are different" excuse, because no one short of God would have ever stopped Yamauchi from doing what he wanted.
I tend to agree, but that would still mean he's the wrong man for the job, no?
RolStoppable said: The way I see it, the problem is that Iwata is a too nice guy. He doesn't strike me as the type that pounds his fist on the table and tells his developers to do as he says or otherwise they'll have to look for a new job. |
I think that's Miyamoto's job (at least for the projects he works on).
Nintendo and PC gamer
maverick40 said: The Nintendo Direct was not surprising in the slightest. Wow, a cross over game we know next to nothing of. By the sounds of it will be a niche SRPG that will not be a hardware seller which Nintendo needs btw. What it did show was the lack of 3rd party support the Wii U has but hoepfully that will improve. |
Just because the game does not appeal to you means that there is no third party support. As of right now, the Wii U has 6 exclusive third party titles, obviously there could be more but it's only been few months. Besides that Nintendo Direct was ment for games that Nintendo was working on and Iwata said that they would show more third party stuff later on.