Wow I was really suprised when I read that President Iwata does not believe piracy is the sole cause for poor sales. For awhile now I know Sony blames piracy as being the big reason PSP software fails to sell big numbers. Microsoft has even said similiar things about modified X-Box's.
Then theirs the fact that Nintendo has lost millions in sales if not billions to the R4 and modified Wii's Infact NewSuperMarioBros:Wii was dropped and Nintendo said they lost over 200-million dollars in reveniew. Sounds like piracy is a pretty big issue for Nintendo. But Iwata took the high road, he could easily blame piracy for slumping software sales instead he says"I do not think we should attribute bad software sales solely to piracy"
He goes on to say "It is true there is always the influence of piracy, but it is important for us to increase the number of our consumers who are willing to shell out their money to purchase our products. So, we do not intend to think that slower sales are solely due to piracy."
So what do you think is Iwata right in taking the high road and not blaming piracy (Common scapegoat) or is piracy a much bigger issue for Nintendo then he is letting on?
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
