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NintendoPie on 08 July 2013
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Kresnik said:


But that's where the Kutaragi point comes in, Pie.  Kutaragi designed the (still!) two highest selling home consoles ever.  And he completely & utterly ballsed up the PS3 beyond belief.  Was the reaction supposed to be - "but hey, he did some stuff right in the past, let's just let this one slide eh?".  Like I said; past success isn't a measure that someone is the right person for a job in the present.  The thing that bothers me most about Iwata, personally, is this:

1) Wii has a games drought after launch.  "But it won't happen again" says Iwata, before the launch of the 3DS.

2) 3DS has a games drought after launch.  "But it won't happen again" says Iwata, before the launch of the Wii-U.

3) Wii-U has a games drought after launch.  See where I'm going with this?

I'm sure there are multiple reasons at play for why this occurred.  But I just find it pretty unexcusable by the third take.  And the point I'm trying to make with this being - why is this still happening?  Why are we waiting until the holidays for Wii-U to become a competitive console?  What happened since 2011 when Wii developed dried up?

I'm not saying Iwata can't turn this around.  In fact, I believe he can - and in the post you quoted I said that I don't have any strong feelings about whether he stays or goes, because I don't.  But I don't think "because he made the Wii & DS" is a good enough reason for why we should look the other way.

I don't think I ever said that, due to his past success, we should look the "other way" if the Wii U totally flunks sales-wise and puts Nintendo in the red. All I was saying is that his past (Wii, DS, and 3DS) is small and that's all we have to base the future on, for him running Nintendo.

After all, predictions are largely based off of the past, right? When a game comes out, you look at past sales figures in the franchise to decide how this might do. And, due to his past only showing success (overall), that's all we can hope for. (I'm definitely not saying we should give him a get out of jail free card. Because if the Wii U fails with Iwata in the Captain's seat, who would I look to as the main "problem"? The man commanding the ship!)

Anywho, game droughts occur with nearly every console. Many consoles open up to okay releases, but then take the rocky route shortly afterward because past the release window, no one was completely ready for the road ahead.

I hope you see my point more clearly now, Kres.