Nintendo Q4 Investor's Meeting - Live

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ImmortalHelixFossil said:

IsawYoshi said:
Sad day...


Makes me wonder what will happen now. Will Iwata be fired? Will Nintendo go all in on the QOL? Will they launch a new system, and will it be combining their handheld and consoles? Will they try to enter the smartphone market?

Honestly, there are so many possible outcomes from this, and if Iwata gets fired the amount increases. I'm seriously worried right now.

Me too. People can say what they like about Iwata but he loves Nintendo and I honestly believe he did/still trying to do everything he can for Nintendo. If he gets fired in the upcoming share holder meeting, who will they choose? Someone with the same amount of love for Nintendo? Or, someone who will "ruin" Nintendo with publishing their IP's on console's and keep their portable console business?

Iwata is a good guy, but he's also been border line incompetent the last few years. 

They really didn't think that a lack of games (stemming from a small group of studios and poor third party relations) would bite them in the rear end? Even after it burned them on the 3DS? 

They really thought that a giant controller with a touchscreen in the middle was a good thing to sell an entire platform on?

They didn't realize that not having an Western based IP and studios would be a problem for them with Japan shifting more and more away from traditional gaming? 

Perhaps Iwata really is more a liability than an asset at this point, Nintendo it could be said would be better served by someone who is more objective and realistic about the company's faults, whereas a person who "loves" the company may not be as useful ... much like a parent who fails to see faults in their child because they're blinded by love. That child's parenting needs aren't being met.