| Purple said: Fantastic thread Soundwave. Iwata knows what he's doing though. Everything he does is aimed at protecting his own position, even if it's at the expense of the company. Neutering NOA and turning NOE into an extension of NCL ensures that there aren't any threats to his leadership. He has created a highly central power structure where he can surround himself with carefully selected 'yes' men who are no threat to his power. The Japanese bias is slowly destroying the company, but ensure his position at the head of the sinking ship. |
I actually agree with this. Very good points here, and throw in Iwata's micro-managing style of leadership and it starts to all make sense.
I think Nintendo (of today) with no Lincoln/Arakawa/Lobb at NOA anymore simply is hillariously out of touch with communicating with Western devs as well.
Like when I hear any of Iwata/Miyamoto speak about Retro or Next Level, they almost seem like they're surprised that those studios are competent at all being Western instead of Japanese, lol. They seem continually surprised that sometimes the Western teams are able to do things better than the Japanese ones.
It's also incredibly jaw dropping that Iwata appoints himself president of NOA when he himself has stated he doesn't understand the US market very well. He is definitely trying to embedd himself into Nintendo so deeply that he can't be removed easily IMO, but I don't think he's making these moves on the basis of what's actually best for the company.
