They might send some developers running away from Nintendo.

i dont understand where he hints at that either

I like Iwata. He does really good presentations, and like people say, he just appears as a stand-up, honest guy. I really appreciate that in him. I hope he doesn't leave.

I don't like Reggie though. He just comes across as a buffoon to me.

I find it hard to believe that Nintendo/Iwata would get rid of him/himself after he gave Nintendo the Wii and DS. Someone other than Iwata needs to go...

I think they need to review their marketing team. Also, Reggie's effect has been declining over the years. His presentations at E3 have been really bad the last 4-5 years. Although he may not be the only one to blame, they do need to get more dynamic and creative in the way they present their products.

I don't think Iwata should go. But he'll have to shake up his management teams.

Passed accomplishments are passed. In the tech world if you do not innovate fast enough you die. He had a great run but if the wii u does not improve it does not matter.

In business, if the company slows down in growth or in profit usually there will be some changes in upper management.

I agree. Reggie has been somewhat awkward on stage recently. Especially when he talked to that one Ubisoft guy last year... *shutters*

But I don't know if that is entirely Reggie's fault. Reggie seems to be quite popular among people. Especially with Memes.

I like the guy, he's personable. But that doesn't mean he's getting results, and under him Nintendo has developed several disturbing trademarks

- Basically have alienated themselves from the Western development community whereas once they worked with the likes of Factor 5, Rare, Silicon Knights, DMA Design (now Rockstar), Paradigm, Left Field, etc. Kept Retro on such a tight leash that they haven't been able to work on multiple projects until now and that frustrated much of the original Metroid Prime team that most of them left.

- Squandered most of the momentum the Wii brand had but letting the system rot for basically 2 years.

- Still couldn't launch the 3DS or Wii U properly despite not supporting the Wii for years and basically even coasting on the DS. What exactly were you doing Nintendo?

- Still refuse to invest in making a big-quality core IP themselves. The Wii U should've launched with one. Instead they banked on Black Ops and Assassins Creed ports. Result? The sales numbers speak for themselves. If Sony can invest and stick with a franchise like Uncharted, Nintendo doesn't have an excuse.

- Becoming creativity stifled. Now that the casual bubble has burst, Nintendo is scrambling and overusing Mario to the point of franchise fatigue, which is a huge mistake. Where are the new ideas? Why does every game aimed at a broad audience have to fit into the tired "mini-game" formula?

- Designed the Wii U basically entirely around the tastes of Japan and the system isn't even selling all that great in Japan and doing (proportionately) worse in the West. Completely horrid in Europe.

- I suspect they are also over engineering their hardware with too many proprietary parts, the 3DS and Wii U are hardly performance monsters, yet they cost a lot to manufacture, its unacceptable. A $350 needs to pack more under the hood even with a fairly low quality 6 inch screen on the controller.

To be fair though, right now, the entire industry is in a slow down state. It's still unsure if Sony and Microsoft's entries into the next gen will drastically alter that in the short term. The future of console gaming right now, while I don't think it'll go away entirely anytime soon, is in a a state of morphing and adaptation. It will be interesting to see how things progress from here.

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Honestly, I've never liked Reggie all that much. And I feel a lot of the hype that surrounded him was due to his boldness and braggadocio dovetailing with the Wii's ascendance and dominance. But he always came off as awkward, and now it's tin-eared in the wake of Nintendo's slower performance.

Granted, I'm a PS3/PSP/Vita owner, so I doubt anyone cares what I think of him anyway. :p