| Soundwave said: I think Nintendo just gave up with this approach. Wouldn't be surprised if Yamauchi's dying commands to Iwata were expressly NOT to do the same thing MS and Sony do. Iwata has said this many, many (many) times in interviews, maybe it's time people actually let it sink in. Nintendo DOES NOT want to make traditional home consoles. They've said it like 50 different times in 50 different ways, and are saying it again about this NX platform, yet people still cling to that fantasy. Like seriously the level of cognitive dissonance is getting almost funny Iwata: "Normal consoles are boring. Expect something different from us" Nintendo Fan On Internet: "So this is going to be a PS4 killer right?" |
Iwata does give the impression that he wants to distance Nintendo as far away from Sony and Microsoft as possible. Quotes include:
-"Since former President Yamauchi passed away, I have been considering what he taught us in the end, and his words that the worst thing we can do in entertainment is to follow what others are doing spoke directly to my heart."
-"Following and imitating others is the kind of reasoning that Nintendo tries to avoid the most"
-"............employing the same methodology as the other manufacturers would only lead to the most simplistic competitive approaches, such as price wars or money-giving that would never end. We would like to take a unique approach of our own."
**Quotes taken from talk about Nintendo's relationship with 3rd party developers. Circa March 2014**
I'll add my own thoughts to this in an edit later, perhaps
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