Erik Aston on 18 August 2009
I'm sure he's very well taken care of. (Sort of like Steve Jobs and his $1 salary. It's not like Jobs is paying his medical bills with that.) He basically has Nintendo at his disposal if he needs it, but he's most interested in continuing to drive videogames forward and "make people smile" with games as he often talks about.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
