Iwata gets the last *laugh*
Title should be changed to: Iwata usurps Nintendo, gamers everywhere confused.
The 3DS is killing what exactly? This is from the Notice of Full-Year Financial Forecast Differences with its Results:
Reason for variances
The operating loss increased primarily due to the sales of "Nintendo 3DS" and "Wii U" being weaker than expected. While foreign exchange gains in Non-operating income increased, ordinary income and net income became smaller than the forecast.
Japan.The 3ds got off to a slow start that it's still recovering from (missed sales expectations, see that other thread?) and the Wii u is off to a historically bad launch that it likely won't recover from, at least not in the way Nintendo was probably hoping this time last year. Those failings fall at iwata's feet. Just saying "they're Nintendo they'll tiurn it around somehow" only compounds the mistakes.
Japan.If by killing it you mean the 3DS is down year over year, failing to meet projections yet again, and having serious problems selling software, then yes, it's "killing it."
So this means no Japanese centric games for USA confirmed? I mean, wasn't it Iwatta who slapped Reggie on the hand because some game didn't sell so they decided to hold back on all those titles that did finally come out that everyone was pissed that wasn't coming to the US.. I'm not sure how to read this.. and lately we have an example of the US getting quite a few Japanese centric games on 3DS and what seems to be in general "fan service"... which way will it go? I can only assume they try and push everything the US's way because there isn't enough content as it is.. this news is very surprising.
He'll definitely have to spend more time in America now, that's for sure.Will he move to America now or will he stay in Japan?
lol, I can't wait to see what the Kaz twitter says today.
https://twitter.com/IwataCEO/status/327058435977908226
That talks about the whole world, and EloquentM was just talking about Japan, where the 3DS has been killing it.
Japan.
Japan.
So is there any chance he might still resign now?
So is there any chance he might still resign now?
We always speculated about NCL not giving NoA enough freedom to take actions, with Iwata overseeing NoA, we will know if Nintendo can at least make co-developments with western companies, get some exclusive titles, or fund games.
So is there any chance he might still resign now?
So Iwata has been the puppet the whole time?
There's multiple things going on here. The short answer is yes, but not because of any shake-up but rather the prevalence of the eShop on 3DS and Wii U which eliminates the production effort and trying to get stores to buy enough copies to make it worthwhile. So they can still do Xenoblades but once the limited production is sucked up by fans anyone else can just get a digital copy, or they can do full on digital.
I don't think Iwata was the one preventing things, I think it was an assessment of how to market it, how much it could be expected to sell, how much it would cost them and the opportunity cost on other titles at the time. I'm sure both sides had to come to reach a decision.
Reggie passed up, lol.
Basically Reggie was in charge, but he never had the power to make worth decisions.Again, what was stopping Iwata from doing this before?
Nothing, but corporate culture isn't something that's easily changed.Again, what was stopping Iwata from doing this before?
Wii U sold like 8 thousand in Japan this week. Japan is handheld heavy and can save a Nintendo handheld, but it's not going to save a console.
Basically Reggie was in charge, but he never had the power to make worth decisions.
What about NoE?!
What about NoE?!
Iwata: I'm coming to America *laughs*
Correct.
Also, Nintendo's decade-old board of directors seem to be retiring at a rapid rate these days.
Here's their core:
Yoshihiro Mori - Retiring this year
Shinji Hatano
Genyo Takeda
Shigeru Miyamoto - Retiring from EAD
Nobuo Nagai - Died early 2012
Masaharu Matsumoto - Retiring this year
Eiichi Suzuki
The same stuffy corporate Nintendo is slowly eroding. What that means for the future is uncertain.
Uh... what?These are the exact kind of decisions Sega made before the Saturn.
Which lead to:
We don't want Eternal Champions even if the US wants it, it's on the box, and people keep asking about it. We only want one fighter so it doesn't confuse our audience and that's Japans Virtua Fighter.
Sonic Xtreme: The US has a good sonic game for the Saturn. Sega Japan told them they can not use Yuji Naka's development tools. They shut the project down. Then the Japaneses one sucked so bad it never got released.
>.> This is looking to familiar.
I hope Iwata is smarter than this, but the Wii-U gives me doubts.
huh? I have a strong memory of Iwata saying "Please Be Excited"
maybe I'm just remembering wrong.
These are the exact kind of decisions Sega made before the Saturn.
Which lead to:
We don't want Eternal Champions even if the US wants it, it's on the box, and people keep asking about it. We only want one fighter so it doesn't confuse our audience and that's Japans Virtua Fighter.
Sonic Xtreme: The US has a good sonic game for the Saturn. Sega Japan told them they can not use Yuji Naka's development tools. They shut the project down. Then the Japaneses one sucked so bad it never got released.
>.> This is looking to familiar.
I hope Iwata is smarter than this, but the Wii-U gives me doubts.
Iwata has taken on the position as NoA CEO and in six months we'll find he has done the some for NoE. He will initiate widespread company policy, management, structure, and output overhauls that put everyone under him in high stress situations as everybody tries to collect and keep the ship sailing under these reforms.
Another six months later he will resign, all three branches in disarray now without their active CEO, crumbling under the pressure of reforms and new management, causing widespread company and business collapse.
Satoru Iwata was a mole sent by Apple several decades ago. And soon their plan will come to fruition.
Iwata has taken on the position as NoA CEO and in six months we'll find he has done the some for NoE. He will initiate widespread company policy, management, structure, and output overhauls that put everyone under him in high stress situations as everybody tries to collect and keep the ship sailing under these reforms.
Another six months later he will resign, all three branches in disarray now without their active CEO, crumbling under the pressure of reforms and new management, causing widespread company and business collapse.
Satoru Iwata was a mole sent by Apple several decades ago. And soon their plan will come to fruition.
Satoru Iwata was a mole sent by Apple several decades ago. And soon their plan will come to fruition.
These are the exact kind of decisions Sega made before the Saturn.
Which lead to:
We don't want Eternal Champions even if the US wants it, it's on the box, and people keep asking about it. We only want one fighter so it doesn't confuse our audience and that's Japans Virtua Fighter.
Sonic Xtreme: The US has a good sonic game for the Saturn. Sega Japan told them they can not use Yuji Naka's development tools. They shut the project down. Then the Japaneses one sucked so bad it never got released.
>.> This is looking to familiar.
I hope Iwata is smarter than this, but the Wii-U gives me doubts.