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Locknuts said: But Iwata seems to be too much of a tightass to spend money on anything that Nintendo doesn't at least partially own. |
It's been that way since Genesis won the US back in the 16-bit wars.
Nintendo is a Japanese company. But unlike Sega back in the day and Sony now, they run their business with an iron grip. They don't allow their other divisions freedom to market and develop software or relationships with western developers. The reason Sega kicked their ass in the US with the Genesis was because they allowed Tom Kalinske to do whatever he wanted, for the most part. They said, look, we don't know what western people want so do what you think is best. Nintendo won't allow for that. They do what they do and expect results. And you know what? They haven't won the US market since the 1980's.
If Nintendo ever wants to win the US and the west again, it's going to have to hire a smart western man and team and tell them to do whatever they need to do in order to sell to that market. Because they sure as hell have no clue how to do it themselves.
