firebush03 said:
Nah Yamauchi sided with Team Atlantis and shamed Yokoi out of Nintendo with the Virtual Boy. He was also the one who oversaw all the major flounders with Phillips CDi, Nintendo PlayStation, N64 & GCN third-party development struggles, etc. I’d go more toward Furukawa because he’s the only Nintendo president to ever keep the good times rolling after a successful generation— every other president screwed something up one way or another. |
Again, you look at failures, not putting it in context with the stuff done. You don't do anything wrong, if you do nothing. But you are also not helping. Yamauchi and Iwata both made Nintendo what it is today, they took risks, and sometimes it blew up in their face. Furukawa is riding this wave created by his predecessors. But every wave will lose it's power over time if nothing keeps it going. And so far I don't see Furukawa do anything. Maybe he will in the future, but until then he is the worst of the three.
EDIT: To put it differently — not having a space program would mean no loss of life. In the Challenger and Columbia accidents 7 people died each time. You would say NASA is the worst for it. but without taking such risks they wouldn't have put people on the moon either. If you do nothing, you risk nothing and hence make no errors.
Last edited by Mnementh - on 17 May 2026
