Not with the WII U they didn't! Just because you had multiple homeruns doesn't mean that you won't do poorly and this time nintendo handled the WII U poorly. Just like how sony got rid of ken kutaragi to improve the situation nintendo should do the same to iwata to improve the situation. Having a leader that only stagnates will only further make a company stagnate. Get rid of the management issues otherwise nintendo will never improve. Management issues are one the biggest reasons as to why a company will close down. 

I remember when there were rumors that Nintendo won't go with a powerful console after Gamecube, people were readying the showels to burry the company...

There is absolutely no reason to fire Iwata ATM or him to resign. Nintendo's portable is staying relevant in the world where most kids have smartphones, and Wii U, while it most probably will be another Gamecube, will generate profit when all is said and done.

Nintendo amassed a pile of cash that would enable them to fail 2 or 3 generations in a row.


What do you expect that will happen to Nintendo if the management caves under investor pressures and Iwata resigns. The new CEO will most likely hear the yells of the investors rather than gamers in the forums. So, nintendo starts offering their games on mobiles, making 3DS sales effectively dead and burrying their handheld division. Now the home console division is on it's own, and another Wii U could effectively kill the whole hardware department. And all of a sudden, Nintendo = Sega.

Yeah, so I would like for Iwata to very much stay as CEO.

Listen to your own words. Just because you have one system that struggles a lot in it's first year, directly BECAUSE you struggled to get enough games out on it in a steady fashion, does not disregard all the "home runs" you scored with previous consoles.

So no, sorry, you're dead wrong. I think Iwata is the right man for the job, I just think Nintendo as a whole focused too much on the 3DS at one point, and overestimated their ability to be able to finish games fast enough to get them out on Wii U. They are working to correct this, they will correct this, and in another year's time, all will be fine. So no, Iwata doesn't "need" to go anywhere. In fact, as I said, I think he needs to stay if nothing else, because he is unique i nthe gaming world,  a big company head who actually had a background as a game developer, so unlike his contemporaries, he ACTUALLY understands the games, and gamers.

Honestly, I think right now it's better to keep Iwata than to take a risk and get things to turn for the worse with someone new. Iwata isn't really doing a poor job, but sure he has made mistakes (and it would be ridiculous to assume none of the other CEO's have made mistakes), however I don't see why that's a reason he should quit. Not now, at least.

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People do simple research before posting someone is lying.

That's funny because he most certainly did lead the company to prosperity.

If you are referring to the recent economic issues, that's largely due to foreign exchange rates that hamered profits for thousands of Japanese comapnies.
If you are referring to the recent poor sales of the Wii U, I suppose we must ignore the 3DS.

The 3DS launched poorly and is now the best selling video game console in the world for the past several months.  Yes, lets fire him.

And if we're going to make demands that someone be fired for 1 product problem, shouldn't we be demaning that Kaz Harai and Andrew house be fired for the Vita?

Nintendo's problem really isn't about making games fast enough. Their real issue here isn't appealing to what the market wants. 

I'm not saying that iwata was a bad leader per se and he did lead the company into prosperity but he is now becoming an issue little by little each day. Nintendo needs some new blood before alot of it turns to rotten junk. 

The 3DS has no competition so why are you even bringing up handhelds ? 

I doubt kaz hirai manages playstation directly and as for andrew house maybe he does need to go. 

The guy has proven he can turn around a faltering product.  He did it with the 3DS.  I see no reason not to give him a chance with the Wii U.   Speaking of 3DS, it most certainly does have competition.  Vita for one and mobile devices for another.  To discredit either as competition does a disservice to them respectively.

Don't forget, Iwata cut executive pay (including his own) and has stated he will not use lay offs to bolster coporate profit.  And of course his direction for DS and Wii and the 3DS turnaround.  If that's not being a good leader, I don't know what is.

@Bold What what ?! I hope your joking otherwise. Bwahahahaha. Thanks for giving me a good laugh LMAO. 

Mobile devices are different to handhelds. It's the games that make a big difference. On the 3DS the games have higher production values to increase quality whereas on phones you get low budgeted crap. 

Being a good leader means that the company can lead to a maximum profit. Although it may be premature to judge iwata on how he is handling the situation for the WII U I doubt it will get better seeing as how he decided that nintendo were to compete DIRECTLY with the PS4 and X1.

Don't you get ?! Nintendo WANTED more 3rd party support to face off the PS4 and X1 but what they haven't learned is that they were competing with sharks. Nintendo will end up with alot of blood for being in the red ocean if y'know what I mean. LOL