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Forums - Nintendo - Satoru Iwata has been re-elected as Nintendo president!

 

Is this good news?

Yes, Iwata has learned! 201 39.18%
 
No, what were the shareholders thinking! 131 25.54%
 
Maybe, we will see where it goes from here. 180 35.09%
 
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Smear-Gel on 27 June 2014

Yeah etking, because the kinect-less Xbox one has done so well right?



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JGarret on 27 June 2014

I was away for a few weeks so I´m out of the loop about this "Capcom for sale".

Is it true?...I mean, compared to Konami and SquareEnix, they seemed to at least be somewhat active, what´s going on there?



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 27 June 2014

Please Understand!

But seriously, if he had anything to do with this year's e3, I don't mind keeping him but if it was someone else's idea, make that person the president



                  

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etking on 27 June 2014

Dropping the Kinect was the right decision, especially in long-term. Microsoft at least acted and tried everything to prevent a premature death of their system.

Price is one of the the most important success factors. Of course the sales did not jump up immediately but this is because the X1 and PS4 both currently have even less games than Wii-U so there is absolutely no reason to buy one of these systems yet. A $199 tablet-less Wii-U Sports HD bundle would sell exceptionally well. At the current price the mass-market is way out of reach for Nintendo and nobody that never used the tablet thinks that it could actually be fun to use it. The table is the biggest roadblock for success.



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burninmylight on 27 June 2014
RealGamingExpert said:
etking said:
The Wii-U is still overpriced, no tablet-less version is available, the Wii-U still has no games and no 3rd party support. Nintendo games also get more and more childish and even adult games like Tomodachi Life are marketed against small children which is scaring away the original target audience. I wonder if Iwata is willing to change all that?

I am a Nintendo fan but I will not buy the Wii-U as long as it comes with a heavy, oversized and inconvenient tablet that always needs to be connected even if you do not plan to ever use it and it always runs out of battery too.

Amiibo is Nintendo's entry into the pay to win market and the Mario Golf DLC shows that Nintendo will from now on release only half complete games where regular content is cut out to rip off the customer and make him pay twice. But I am not willing not buy incomplete games and I will not pay twice.

That post gave me cancer...


It gave me an aneuryism.



Mystro-Sama on 27 June 2014
etking said:
The Wii-U is still overpriced, no tablet-less version is available, the Wii-U still has no games and no 3rd party support. Nintendo games also get more and more childish and even adult games like Tomodachi Life are marketed against small children which is scaring away the original target audience. I wonder if Iwata is willing to change all that?

I am a Nintendo fan but I will not buy the Wii-U as long as it comes with a heavy, oversized and inconvenient tablet that always needs to be connected even if you do not plan to ever use it and it always runs out of battery too.

Amiibo is Nintendo's entry into the pay to win market and the Mario Golf DLC shows that Nintendo will from now on release only half complete games where regular content is cut out to rip off the customer and make him pay twice. But I am not willing not buy incomplete games and I will not pay twice.


So much ignorance in one post. o.o



DarkRPGamer007 on 27 June 2014

Let him finish what he started. Putting a new person in right now would be even worse because at least Iwata knows the situation opposed to a man just joining the team.



XBOX ONE/Wii U/3DS/PC

RIP Iwata 12/6/1959-7/11/2015

Thanks for all the great memories!

Gammalad on 27 June 2014

Well the shareholders really cant remove him from power only the board can...which he is the chairman of. If we was removed from his chairmanship than his CEO status would be in danger.



"I think it will be the HDS"-Me in regards to Nintendo's next handheld.

etking on 27 June 2014
burninmylight said:
RealGamingExpert said:
 

That post gave me cancer...


It gave me an aneuryism.

I know it is sometimes hard to understand the truth but please take a look at the sales numbers, especially compared to the original Wii. All these are self made problems caused by failed marketing and the lack of a tablet-less Wii Sports HD bundle available from day 1. The Wii-U could have been number 1 this generation but now the PS4 is. And most of the the 100 Million Wii owners still do not even know that the Wii-U exists. Failed marketing and bad initial design, but the marketing strategy and the design / size of the tablet can both be changed. And it should be changed.

As a Nintendo fan, you have to ask yourself if you want Nintendo to win or to loose the current generation. And winning is not possible without a change.
Changes are urgently needed in marketing, tablet design, price, online gaming and 3rd party support.