Nintendo Q2 Earnings October 30th - Results Inside

[Mr Khan]

RolStoppable said:

Kresnik said:

Mr Khan said:

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Changes for the future, meanwhile, do not necessitate changes in management. This is, basically, the same crew that brought us the Wii and the DS. Surely they can learn lessons without people having to be fired (which, again, wouldn't really change anything).

The same crew who brought us the PS1 & PS2 also brought us the PS3.  Past successess; although often a good measure; do not equal future stability.  I do not think much that line of reasoning.  Look at what they're doing now, not what they did in the past (heck, even this "crew" don't seem to be able to look what gave them success in the past).

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In Nintendo's case, it's basically the same crew that also brought us the GameCube. Which means that they are people who could correctly analyze problems and come up with a solution. Of course it's damning that they fell into the trap to pick things up where the GC left off, but if they could accept the GC as a failure that made change necessary, there are realistic chances that they will accept the Wii U as a failure and change course for the ninth generation.

I meant to make that point as well. What's important is that they correctly identified why the GameCube did poorly and rectified it, but then threw out a product that tried to do everything instead of doing what they do well after that.