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Mummelmann on 13 November 2013
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Purple said:
Mummelmann said:
 


Nintendo is a fairly unique company, you would need intimate knowledge about Japanese business tradition, company tradition as well as full comprehension of the entire consumer electronics market, you would also have to posses the skills and balls to pull Nintendo out of the ditch they're currently sitting in.

This is not a job for anyone and thousands of applicants would probably yield only a tiny number of viable candidates. I'm not saying Iwata is magical, I don't care if he works there or now, but simply replacing the head of Nintendo like that is no easy task and requires some hard thinking.

The bolded part pretty much explains all of Nintendo's problems in one sentence. Nintendo need to move away from those antiquated methods if they want to remain relevant.

As for the rest, the consumer electronic market is huge and there is an abundance of people working in the industry with knowledge and a vision to innovate and engage consumers.

I'm interested to know do you think Iwata has a full comprehension of the consumer electronics market? The man who gave us the Wii U and thought adding 3D to the DS would be enough to make it sell just as well? The man who thinks region locking is essential for consoles. The man who said consumers wouldn't be able to tell the difference in graphics between the Wii and PS360. The man who thought the Wii brand was still strong in 2012. The same man who thinks the Wii U will sell 8.6 million in next 6 months. I could go on, but you get the picture.


Yes, tradition is the whole problem and we see this but do you think Nintendo sees this? The age-old saying in here that goes; "Nintendo know what they're doing" is probably one Nintendo themselves subscribe to, that's probably the main reason they're allowing Iwata to disgrace himself by not lowering fiscal projections.

Iwata clearly does not have the full comprehension of the consumer electronics market, especially his inability to understand the impact and importance of online gaming and features in the 7th gen show this to a great extent, and I never claimed he did. What I said is that a new head would need to in order to set things straight and give them a chance for better days.

There are two huge parts of the equation here; Nintendo themselves need to see the need for new leadership and a new leader will need the above mentioned qualities so succeed.