Go and vote for him so he beats the likes of Brad Pitt.

I wouldn't exactly call him the most influential man of the year, but he's a better pick than most of the people on that list!

Then again, he did just change the course of videogames...again. Maybe he sould be somewhere on there, somewhere in the 70's 

Everyone vote for your favorite sony person! BUHAHAHA Hijack the thread I am!

And pick someone from that list and give them a 1. (I'll give you a hint who. He works for nintendo) 

I voted high for Colbert and Miyamoto.  I want Colbert to win so I can watch a funny episode of the Report where he flaunts it for 20 minutes straight...and Miyamoto deserves recognition of course.  Kwaad can stfu.

If it weren't for Miyamoto, Sony might have never entered the video game business. 

Actually, you have someone else to thank for that (as well as a Sony arch-nemesis) - Kasuhiko Nishi (I think that's the spelling).

Sony actually got into the video game business before its involvement with Nintendo. Co-developed with Microsoft (!) and responsible for the breakthroughs of some of today's most beloved franchises, the Sony MSX series was their first gaming "console".

Funny how things pan out with cutthroat businesses - bedmates one day, sworn enemies the next!

A bunch of companies were involved with the MSX, not just Sony and MS. It seemed like their intention was more to make a home computer than a gaming platform, even though games were popular on it.

Maybe I should rephrase my statement. Miyamoto's work vastly expanded the video game industry, attracting the interest of Sony to build the Playstation.

um just how is he so influential ?

 True - it was an intent to "standardize" computing (what was MS thinking anyhow? They already were "standardizing" the PC industry with DOS and very soon after, Windows). They also pulled the same move with the Dreamcast (Windows CE).

This also reminds me of the FM Towns computer, although I believe that came almost a decade later (but was still relatively popular in Japan).

Your rephrased statement rings much better and I agree that Miyamoto vastly contributed to console gaming, but I also think the developers of those franchises born on the MSX deserve credit.

Just to throw a spanner in the works? What if we looked at it another way: Since chronologically speaking the MSX came before the NES, could it be that Sony inspired Nintendo to grow into the console industry, which  bolstered by Nintendo's success, inspired Sony back into the console industry (to work with Nintendo)? It's undeniable that the MSX was a computer, but somehow I think the real usage the MSX saw in Japan was for gaming. If I recall correctly, the MSX even used ROM cartridges!

 If you see the list there are much less influencial people on there that makes Miyamoto very influencial by comparison.

Also, I'd rather vote for Miyamoto than some of those other people on there.