SE's Wada speaks out again

[Gnizmo]

Bodhesatva said:

Gnizmo said:
I read it but I did not see anything bad said against Nintendo. He says both of their systems have been very successful lately, and that the core gaming market seems to be in a lull in Japan. I don't see anything that would lead me to believe he questions the Wii's or DS's success.

You are correct that Mr. Wada doesn't say anything directly negative about the Wii (although one can say he did say something rather negative a month ago: he referred to it as a "toy" in a rather demeaning context, as if the 360 and PS3 are serious but the Wii is not), but he does imply several things.

Again, the best example is his reference to "core" gamers and "real" games. He believes that "core" gamers aren't buying much, and that "real" games aren't popular right now. By simple logic, because the Wii and DS are so dominant right now, and particularly games like Wii Fit and Wii Sports, he is saying these aren't for "core" gamers and aren't "real" games.

From this and other context clues, it is reasonable to infer that SquareEnix is, at the very least, hesitant to strongly support Nintendo's platform and direction.  

 

 

 I think that is reading into it just a step too far. He is certainly speaking negatively about Nintendo as a developer, and the Japanese market as a whole. Leaping from there to the success of the platform is just a bit too much of a leap for me though. If he had said, or implied that Nintendo is only doing well in hardware because of the non-real games then I would be agreeing with you, but he never really even implies that.