Why are people voting for influence rather than personality? Miyamoto is the biggest influence but he's not the biggest personality.

NEVER PEWDIEPIE, hes the justin bieber of gaming

Easily Miyamoto

Embrace the Pachter, everyone.

Biggest influence? Miyamoto? That's Iwata!

I think he lost a step, but not too much. Its natural as his role has changed nowadays and he's older now. Yeah sure, Sticker Stars is not one of his finest moments as a decision maker and Star Fox Zero does not look as compelling as most fans hoped, but he still has something left to give. I mean, we'll have to see what happens with Star Fox Zero once it rolls around in April. And do we forget about Pikmin 3 and Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon? Plus, he initially told the young team who developed Splatoon that there was "no appeal" in the initial design and they decided to change things up a bit to what the game is now. I think the reason he's not as big as he once was was because he has really gotten into his more advisory/mentorship role as he does more behind-the-scenes stuff and made more sporadic appearances than he did before (like only appearing publicly at E3, a few ads, some events in Japan, etc.).

OT: I would go w/ Reggie Fils-Aime. He may not develop games, but he does a lot of interviews and makes a pretty good amount of appearances like getting his butt handed to him in at E3 by Hungrybox. I mean, check out his appearances in the latest Yokai Watch ads. He's a type of person you either like or hate, but nevertheless you know him.  

Not sure what you mean by personality, so I'll go with Miyamoto?

I find it sexist that I need to explain that to you.

You may hate explaining jokes but goddammit aren't you good at it.

I'd just add that also part of the joke is finding "everything" sexist.

You know what is fucking ironic and hilarious? I made this fucking thread while thinking of Mr. Butler, and then I go and make a poll without even mentioning the guy. lmao, can you believe that shit?

Shush, don't ruin the magic. :P

That is so sexist my tits just concaved.

I would have voted for Gaben but I found Miyo to be the most memorable guy who did something for gaming a long time back when they just got back from the brink of collapse, though Gaben also happened to aid with PC gaming back when MS left it on the line to dry. These days though him and Valve are more or less a private company that act as a middleman client that sells games, their Steam machines push is them going for a totally different crowd and the Steam gamepad being iffy along with no sign of HL3, TF3, L4D3, Portal 3 being nowhere in sight, I just find Miyo doing that bit more with Zelda that's enough to interest and push things forward for the franchise a bit more, maybe veen inspire some other devs but on Valve's side I'm not really feeling the same kind of vibes.

At the end of the day I would give props to Gaben for what he's done and still do, they definitely pushed a lot harder than MS ever did for PC (the end result I mean).

That said I definitely do love how Steam has changed things for the platform and how it helps kill some piracy in the process (especially if we go by Gabe's speech some years ago on the piracy issues) while also bringing some innovations of their own to the table (while also taking a note or two from Origin while Uplay takes notes from no one =P).

Shuhei Yoshida