There are a lot of close-minded people in this thread who read the misleading title and judging Miyamoto based on that.

Not quantity, diversification.

But as friend sundin13 stated, I won't discuss more of it, since there can be some misleading translation in what he said.

100% agreed!

Like when I saw that part of how he never saw games as a means for story telling, I just scratched my head. I understand their emphasis on gameplay, but having deep emersive storytelling in games is ANOTHER medium in gaming that people have come to enjoy. Games have evolved over the years, where a lot of people crave story telling in their games. While I still beleive gameplay is the most important aspect, story telling shouldn't be this overlooked. 

Boom, thats what he is saying. and it is true as hell.
Take some heavy narrative games of resent years. remove the plot & play the game.. it would suck balls.

If the game isn't fun to play by itself, is it a fun game? thats his philosofy, thats why mario games don't have a story that is deep and engaging, because he belives it dosn't need it to begin with, it is fun to jump and stomp enemies? good, let the player do more of that. Fun to wear wacky costumes.. more of that. etc.

If i agree that it is that black or white.. no. i belive there is room for narative, but i understand his reasoning, because it is partly true, mario3 is good because it is fun to do the stuff that you can do in the game, same with mario64, SMG1&2 etc. etc.

Is there any possible way this could have gotten mistranslated? This is coming from one of the most influential gaming minds ever... and to just be THIS arrogant, really shows how out of it Nintendo is.

So you're saying Miyamoto has no right to state his beliefs that could possibly be controversial? He should be a cheery, brain-dead monkey who never speaks his mind in fear of judgement from his would-be "fans"?

This is the problem with popularity. You're expected to only have agreeable opinions. Dare to say anything negative/controversial and you're criticized for being human and not some god, when you never were or wanted to be to begin with.

I love Miyamoto! So glad you and Kojima agree games are not art. Games should be fun above all.

Stop making sense Miyamoto and go back to your secret cloning facility.

“They want to tell stories that will touch people’s hearts. And while I understand that desire, the trend worries me. It should be the experience, that is touching. What I strive for is to make the person playing the game the director. All I do is help them feel that, by playing, they’re creating something that only they could create.”

“When you play a game, one moment you’re just controlling it and then suddenly you feel you’re in its world,” he says. “And that’s something you cannot experience through film or literature. It’s a completely unique experience.”

Well said Miyamoto, well said.

Maybe but the Telegraph is quite a respected news source so I doubt there is a translation problem.