And how does Shigeru Miyamoto tie into this? Last I checked, he was only responsible for 2 games. Pikmin 3 and New Super Mario Bros. U (including DLC). Pikmin 3 selling 730k and NSMBU selling 3.74 million - with Luigi U selling 1.37 million.

Shigeru Miyamoto was, is, and will probably always be the best video game creator this industry has ever seen.

He's earned the right to do whatever he wants to do, including retiring according to his own schedule and on his own terms.

if that is hindering progress and creativit, i strongly disagree

I really want him to go out with a bang though. Create one more legendary IP before retiring. Maybe an IP so good it puts the Wii U back on track.

It would be a shame for Miyamoto to retire after this. The guy is THE greatest game developer ever, period, no debate. He needs to ride off in the sunset on a high note.

oh my god, we just agreed on something

You mean the sales that have been declining ever since he took on a less active role around 2010 or 2011?

Seriously, Miyamoto's been a pretty hands-off guy for Nintendo for a while now. The only two notable games that beared his mark in 2013 were Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon and his pet project, Pikmin 3. The former was a big hit and the latter, though not a sales monster, was critically sucessful and far from a flop. Games like Super Mario 3D World, Wind Waker HD, and Wii Fit and Party U had little to no input from him, and were hits and misses regardless of him. And last year, I think the only two games he got his name on were the Wii U launch games, which were critically decently received and are the best-selling games for the platform by far.

The closest thing Miyamoto has gotten to "not getting gamers" in recent years was putting his name on the overpriced 3DS launch title Steel Diver. Besides that, I'm not exactly sure what brush you're smearing him with. Especially since a lot of Nintendo's problems with the Wii U can be traced to its attempting to reach out to 3rd parties, something that Miyamoto had nothing to do with.

If anything, I think Miyamoto should take on a more active role when possible. I understand that he's mentoring a bunch of younger people right now, but I think that if given a medium-sized studio to work with, he could have a more hands on role and create, say, one last great IP before retiring.

That's hardly an apt analogy. Miyamoto is responsible for Nintendo's greatness. Heck, his creations are responsible for the modern video game industry. I don't see how a recent downturn in sales and profits erases 30 years of masterful video game design. 

I'd say let the man be in charge as long as it lasts. Trust me, he'll retire soon enough and when he's gone, we're just gonna realise what guy the gaming industry has just lost.

Miyamoto is over 60 and his best years are well and truly behind him. Great years in the 1980s and 1990s for video games but the quality of the games seems to have stagnated over the last few years. An injection of youth and a new direction is probably needed to take the classic Nintendo First Party IPs into a new era. Miyamoto has created and developed countless games for Nintendo over the last 30 years.

How exactly is Miyamoto responsible for every decision Nintendo makes ? I completely agree with Veknoid here. He has earned the right to work on whatever he wants, or retire if he feels it's time. He has done more for Nintendo than anyone else, and any recent mistake that you could attribute to him will never erase that.

Besides, Miyamoto has already stated that he's thinking about his eventual retirement and is training younger developers to fill his role in the future. And there's no evidence of him having lost touch with gamers, just opinions.