Once again, the art of making videogames is the art of working around limitations. Not the art of taking on herculian tasks that swallow resources needlessly. If you read recent Iwata Asks, it's exactly what they've been trying to communicate.
Less is more.
And yes, he is kind of taking the piss out of people not understanding their tactics, misreading it as lazy, rather than intentional starvation. I think he will continue joking about it until it becomes clear.







