01Net Strikes Yet Again: Iwata near firing

[gumby_trucker]

LordTheNightKnight said:

gumby_trucker said:

I think this is a purely semantic misunderstanding, because that is precisely what I meant by "quality" as opposed to "quantity" which is usually used in reference to medicine and other such things. Entertainment makes your life more fun/interesting/whatever, which is why I said it was nonessential, unlike medicine, law-enforcement, supplying food and water etc.

I did not mean it as a moral reference, and I certainly do not believe entertainment should enforce certain moral values over others.

Well in that context, making games that please the customers is the way to go, not being "original" or "creative" because the artist wants to be and doesn't care what the customer thinks.

as long as the artist can make a living, he's entitled to do whatever he wants. Artists are people too, there's no reason why your or my enjoyment should be more important than anybody else's.