You can fill out what he says with your own input, but the words he expressed showed no strategy or knowledge. He later tweeted along the lines of "by free, I mean Freemium" aka microtransactions. He has no idea how business models work and how they should be optimally imbedded in game design.

Nintendo wouldn't "simply release ROMs" unless they wanted to be cheap, which isn't Nintendo. They would also have to rework their strategy of eShop pricing. I'm not saying they shouldn't do that, I'm saying Pachter gave no actual meaningful advice. he just spat out words and trends that he thinks work. But he didn't actually think about what he was saying, or he just doesn't understand 1) the market, 2) Nintendo, 3) game development.

Also, the vast majority, if not all, DS titles would not work on a mobile phone.

i don't hear people going around saying the N64 won something for outselling the SEGA Saturn:P

I was suddenly reminded of old arguments with Nintendo fans, and thought "wait, that cannot possibly be the case...Nintendo doesn't have any fans", but now that I've noticed that smiley face, I see you were just giving me a hard time.

This guys crazy. Nintendo has kicked allot or but over the last several years. They have done amazingly well not following his advice. Yeah they goofed with the wii u launch and had a huge software drought when it first came out but they just got the game machine rolling so you gotta give it at least another year before you can call it a flop.

I wasn't implying that the change would be immediate anywhere. Fact is Nintendo isn't changing anything at all, they're doing what they've been doing for years now, hoping it will work. And it is quite apparently not working with the Wii U, but still there is nothing indicating that Nintendo is trying a different approach, instead it's the same old franchises over and over again, sure those games are great, but there is only a certain amount of people that will buy a console for the new Mario, MK, Smash and Zelda.

Pot, kettle, black

he did however, at the time, transform the PS business from a business losing billions to a profitable one. 

Why the fuck does anyone actually ever listen to a word this douche-nozzle ever says? He doesn't actually know anything about video games or gamers or gaming. He only speculates on sales and makes up bullshit for investors to chew on. The guy and his opinions literally mean nothing.

Why is Iwata still employed? Oh I don't know, perhaps because he helped put out some of the greatest games in gaming history (Kirby, Mother/Earthbound, Smash Bros.), and some of the most successful consoles of all time (DS, Wii, 3DS). The Wii U will turn around, and when it does, then maybe people will quit with the pathetic overreaction syndrome.

The fact of the matter is, if you actually care about Wii U selling well, then go out and buy a fucking system. That's the ONLY way sales or going to improve, for the console or it's games, is if gamers quit being cheap, lazy hypocrites and put their money where their mouths are. And if you don't actually care about Wii U or it's games selling well, then perhaps it's time to shut up and go support one of the consoles you actually do care about. Either way, people on the internet are sad, confused creatures, at best.

You want something to sell, then BUY it. Simple fucking logic.

Do tablet games really bring in that much money. I get that Angry Birds for example has been downloaded a gazillion times but if that does'nt equate to real money then why would Nintendo ever release their stuff on there. Not to mention that Nintendo is getting screwed by the people making emulators and there is not much they can do about it.

Just going to leave this here. As if microtransactions in "real" next-gen weren't enough.