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What's going to happen?

Iwata is out 92 37.25%
 
Miyamoto will take over 29 11.74%
 
Maybe a Pokemon MMO will ... 64 25.91%
 
Don Mattrick needs a job 61 24.70%
 
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outlawauron on 20 May 2014
EricFabian said:
a question for people that want Iwata leave: who will replace him?

You don't need expertise to identify the problems, but it's not our job to find his replacement. They need someone better.



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Barenziah on 20 May 2014

why,i thought there was 100 gazillion in the nintendo bank account,what the problemo



  

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gamemaster4747 on 20 May 2014

Firing is harsh. I say make him into a low level supervisor, making sure employees are on time, doing their jobs and doing paperwork.



ExplodingBlock on 20 May 2014

Make Sakurai the president, Miyamoto would be good but he is a bit old and might retire soon



outlawauron on 20 May 2014
foxtail said:
darkknightkryta said:
foxtail said:

At a age of 54 Iwata is actually the youngest person on the board of directors at Nintendo, the average age of members being 67.

This is the biggest problem right here.  Everyone is old.  

Actually I made a mistake using the old board of directors.   Iwata retired some representative directors last year and added some younger blood too.  

He is no longer the youngest member and the average age is now ~58.7.  Kaz and Iwata are also aound the same age.

It's not like Kaz is a great example for a Japanese CEO. He'll be replaced shortly if he doesn't start doing better.



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outlawauron on 20 May 2014
RolStoppable said:
outlawauron said:
EricFabian said:
a question for people that want Iwata leave: who will replace him?

You don't need expertise to identify the problems, but it's not our job to find his replacement. They need someone better.

Oh my gosh! Drew Brees threw five interceptions against the Falcons. Get rid of him.

If Brees starting throwing 1TD/5INT in like 8 consecutive games, there's obviously wrong and alternatives may need to be looked at.



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foxtail on 21 May 2014
outlawauron said:
foxtail said:
darkknightkryta said:
foxtail said:

At a age of 54 Iwata is actually the youngest person on the board of directors at Nintendo, the average age of members being 67.

This is the biggest problem right here.  Everyone is old.  

Actually I made a mistake using the old board of directors.   Iwata retired some representative directors last year and added some younger blood too.  

He is no longer the youngest member and the average age is now ~58.7.  Kaz and Iwata are also aound the same age.

It's not like Kaz is a great example for a Japanese CEO. He'll be replaced shortly if he doesn't start doing better.

I was just contrasting the age of the 2 leaders and not much more.  

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I also added some info about the ages of directors to my original post, so I'll add that here too.

Satoru Iwata - 53
Genyo Takeda - 64
Shigeru Miyamoto - 60
Tatsumi Kimishima - 63
Kaoru Takemura - 67
Shigeyuki Takahashi - 59
Satoshi Yamato - 55
Susumu Tanaka - 60
Shinya Takahashi - 49
Hirokazu Shinshi - 47

 

I think these are last years numbers so add 1 year to their age.

 
Kaoru Takemura - 67, is also expected to retire this year and Naoki Mizutani is set to be appointed as a new director.



PigPen on 21 May 2014

I like Iwata as CEO.



Proxy-Pie on 21 May 2014

I doubt it.



Proxy-Pie on 21 May 2014

But if he does get replaced, I'm gonna miss the Directs ):