| Cubedramirez said: This is what annoys me about our instant gratification culture. Wait a day, for Christ sake. |
I think Iwata would *want* people to talk about Nintendo's future now. It's essentially a case of talking about his legacy going forwards. He wouldn't want people dwelling sadly on his passing.
Mind you, I do think Spurgeonryan could have been a little more tactful than to be talking about Nintendo without Iwata being "better"... but the gist of the discussion is certainly something worth having now - what is Nintendo's path going forward, and how much of Iwata's legacy will be upheld?
Personally, I suspect that Iwata had already been delegating a lot of his work in the last year, anyway, with Iwata also knowing that he's not likely to survive too much longer (given his cancer), so I suspect that we're already seeing the "post-Iwata" Nintendo. I like to think that he set much of Nintendo's next few years in motion soon after learning of his cancer, in anticipation of this eventuality... and I trust in his guidance, even from beyond the grave. People can say what they want about the Wii U and 3DS, about Nintendo's direction in general, etc... but Iwata oversaw an incredible, vast variety of games of incredible quality, and just about anyone who has a Wii U will tell you just how great the games on it are. Iwata wanted to drive the industry in a positive direction, and whether it was financially excellent as with the Wii, or financially unsteady as with the Wii U, nobody can truly doubt that he drove the industry in a positive direction.
