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Soundwave on 12 November 2013
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mii-gamer said:
Purple said:
mii-gamer said:
I'd like to see Purple find someone in the industry that has a better resume than Iwata. +150million DS, +100 Wii's, +36 million, no debt, billions in savings and assets, responsible of the two best consoles of the past 8 years, responsible for the current best selling console.

"but but the wii u is doing poorly" - the confirmation bias of some users here is hilarious.

The Wii and DS were obvious highlights. But Iwata has failed to cash in with those successful years and invest the money wisely to keep Nintendo relevant in the home console market. Savings are great in theory, but just ask Blackberry how useful having billions in savings and assets is when your userbase collapses.

 

I also don't think two successes in 2006 can justify awful performance in 2013. He may have been the best man for the job back then, good on him, but he certainly isn't the best man for the job today.

By who's standards? And once again you completely ignore the 3DS's performance.

He is capable of rejuvnating a console (ala 3DS) and his track record is superb. He certainly deserves (and should be given) the benefit of the doubt.  Once again the confirmation bias is hilarious.


By a stockholder's standards perhaps? Would you be happy if you invested in a stock that had lost 80% of its value in 5 years time?

The 3DS honestly is only selling "great" in Japan, the numbers in North America and Europe even by Iwata's own admission have been so-so and a sharp decline in those markets from the previous cycle or even the GBA launch alligned. 

The decline from the Wii to Wii U is so stunning it would seem unbelievable a few years ago that Nintendo would struggle so badly it would make the GameCube days seem quaint by comparision and veer into that ugly Sega Saturn/Dreamcast levels of sales. 

Blackberry's management looked like genius' circa 2007 too ... now not so much. Just because you have success in a mangerial role for a certain period of time doesn't mean you're gaurunteed to be a good president indefinitely. These things can turn ugly very fast. 

The world of consumer electronics from 2003-2008 when Iwata really led Nintendo to huge success in that blue ocean market is very different to today where HDTV, smartphones, tablets, social networking, have changed the world.