I thought it would have been MS lol.

Link to article scource here.

Japan’s in trouble. “Decline” is the country’s favourite word. Lucky then, companies like Nintendo are ready to lead the way to a brave new future. Nobuyuki Idei, former Sony chairman, said so to the FT, so it must be true.

From a story in which the electronics super-chief said Japan’s IT industries must consolidate to survive:

For the future, Mr Idei tipped electronics that do not just process information, but sense what it is happening in the world and then act on it.

He gave Nintendo’s Wii games console - which uses accelerometers to measure how a user is moving the controls - as an example.

It is the cluster of Kyoto-based technology companies, including Nintendo, that makes Mr Idei confident in the future of Japan’s electronics industry.

Japan’s technology and skills, Mr Idei said, make it a complement, not a rival, to the growing powers of China and India.

what a nice man :)

Interesting to say the least.

Certainly Nintendo is saving the Japanese games industry. Capcom is a good indicator of where the Japanese industry would be going if Nintendo hadn't done what they had done. The big Japanese dev houses, the ones who are investing a lot in PS360, are either working towards Western tastes (RE5, MGS4) or becoming niche (Square Enix, Bandai-Namco)

With Wii and DS, you see a rennaissance of Japanese development

very nice words, indeed. :)