Max King of the Wild said:
Purple said:
Nintendo never believed they'd hit those targets. Setting high targets gives investors the illusion that you are selling a product that will be highly desired by the market. When Nintendo fails to hit those targets, Iwata will make some lame excuses and make it seem like the only reason they failed to hit those targets is some outside factor beyond their control.
You'll hear some absolute gems come then end of the financial year. Iwata will definitely blame Western markets (this plays well with the xenophobia of Japanese investors) and don't be surprised if the old 'bad weather' excuse comes out again. He'll then apologize and pretend that the company will learn from its mistakes. |
nice hypothesis but the negativity and backlash of missing the forcast greatly outweigh the illusions
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Yeah, you'd think so. But this is the same man who told investors there would be 50 million Gamecubes sold by March 2005. This is a man who thinks the short term benefit of exaggerating figures is worth any backlash that occurs later. We know he is the master of apologising and making us 'please understand'.
Source: http://www.zdnet.com/news/nintendo-chief-sets-sights-on-software/123311
