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Samus Aran on 21 January 2015
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Soundwave said:
Samus Aran said:
Just like I thought, you can't blame Iwata for all of Nintendo's problems. Firing him would solve nothing and would only be a symbolic gesture. Nintendo's problems run much deeper than that.


That's honestly more depressing of a thought though because it indicates that even Iwata can't fix the problem or there isn't a singular problem here. 

The issue is systemic right down to the core. 

I also hate to say it but I suspect Miyamoto is one of the ones who makes a lot of the dumber decisions (I'd bet he was one of the ones who was gung ho about shunning CDs and going cartridge-only for N64 because he didn't like loading times). 

Great designer, but I don't think he should be on the board of directors or making business decisions. 

That's just guessing.

I forever like Miyamoto because he decided to turn Metroid Prime into a FPA instead of a third person perspective (which it was originally going to be).

If you want to blame anyone for using outdated hardware in new ways it's Gunpei Yokoi.

"Yokoi articulated his philosophy of "Lateral Thinking of Withered Technology" (枯れた技術の水平思考?, "Kareta Gijutsu no Suihei Shikō") (also translated as "Lateral Thinking with Seasoned Technology") in the book, Yokoi Gunpei Game House (横井軍平ゲーム館 Yokoi Gunpei Gēmu-kan?), which consists of a collection of interviews. "Withered technology" in this context refers to a mature technology which is cheap and well understood. "Lateral thinking" refers to finding radical new ways of using such technology. Yokoi held that toys and games do not necessarily require cutting edge technology; novel and fun gameplay are more important. In the interview he suggested that expensive cutting edge technology can get in the way of developing a new product.[10]"