Soundwave said:
I do think there's a spreading sense that he (and or his board of directors) are borderline incompetent though mainly because of the woefully mismanaged end of Wii lifecycle, the disastrous 3DS launch, the even more disasterous Wii U launch (after promising it wouldn't happen again after the 3DS) and first year, marketing seemingly becoming worse everywhere. That and Nintendo taking their first annual loss in company history, losing about 80% of their stock value from the peak days of the Wii, and seemingly having huge problems getting the 3DS OS and Wii U OS issues ironed out have kind of compounded the issue. There have been some bright spots for sure, like the Pokemon X/Y launch, but by and large, there's a growing sense of Iwata as the bumbling "Please Understand" guy who has a new line of excuses/apologies to make every 6 months or so. He's still likable for sure, but the "he's got the golden touch!" repuation has definitely gone down the toilet since about 2010 or so. |
Nobody's perfect.
but it just seems wierd that people are talking shit on Iwata so much yet they worship the likes of other company CEOs despite them making bigger mistakes.
