Iwata want us to understand his bile duct cancer (he will be fine)

[Mr Khan]

SanAndreasX said:

Mr Khan said:
It could be a good excuse for them to swap out presidents without losing face (since they could just say he decided he wasn't in the health needed to handle such affairs).

Still, it won't be the same without him. Good luck, Iwata-san.

That won't happen. That would be a very chickenshit move on their part, and would earn them a lot of ill will.

Not like it would be a unilateral firing. Iwata would agree to step down for his own health, take the moment to bow out while continuing to work behind the scenes to ease the transition, placating investors who may feel that new leadership is needed, and setting his successor up for success, by installing him as the Wii U begins to struggle back to life, and the company moves forward with other initiatives.