Going into panic mode is not going to make the situation any better.

I hardly see what's wrong with any of that. The only thing that sounds out of touch is a belief that third parties will come around, but at the same time he acknowledges a need for their software to make the hardware features compelling.

Actually, the one that caught me eye the most was "We have received a lot of comments from consumers that the gameplay in “Nintendo Land” is interesting. However, we presume that they have not yet come up with the best words to easily explain how interesting it is to other people."

That's... Sony-esque.

The current direction involves releasing games that people will want to buy. There's your sales improvement.

I interpreted that as either a failure of marketing message, or of them subconsciously acknowledging that the appeal of Nintendoland is hard to understand, even if the package itself is a fun enough game.

I wish they would shed more light on Free to Play Steel Diver...
IGN makes it sound like they won't just be giving away the same game that launched with the 3DS...
Steel Diver had potential, so I'm glad to see they aren't giving up on it completely...

I don't believe that's the case.

Well it's a good job he's hoping to convince their investors and not you alone, isn't it?

It strikes me as denial. "People love the game! They just can't find the words to convince their friends to play it!"

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's a bad game at all. What I'm pointing out is that he's essentially blaming the customers for not convincing their friends to play it. That seems delusional to me at best. Folks certainly haven't had difficulty explaining how interesting other titles, including Nintendo titles, are. Occam's Razor would say that the game simply doesn't have as much appeal to the masses as Nintendo believes it does. In light of that data, I would cop to that and move on, no subconsciousness necessary.

So then his words are just to make the stock price go up, rather than what he actually thinks. In which case, why make the thread - anyone can make up stuff that sounds like that.