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Roma said:

game development does not always end up the way people plan as things come up all the time like new ideas or problems that need to be solved

You plan for that as a business though. You play 'what if' and if there's a risk your brand new console might not have any games for a year, you delay the console, reduce the game scope, or intervene sooner. If Iwata didn't realise the risk existed he's incompetent.

Imagine if EA accidentally didn't have any games for a year. You think shareholders would be sympathetic that sometimes "things come up"?