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Iwata implies he may resign over poor business performance
- Thread starter Cheesemeister
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Great idea! Just imagine, Aonuma to the Zelda team: "You are fired, we are going to hire people who are actually capable of taking advantage of our hardware to create games with great graphics and controls that work well."
Thunder Monkey
Banned
Wait...
You just described Zelda games there. Technically they may be behind... but that's mainly because the hardware is. Games themselves are generally some of the best uses of the hardware they are on. Spotty texturing in spots, or trees that use five or six planes to simulate leaves.
But these things are generally endemic of the hardware being designed for not the design teams.
UncleSporky
Member
3700 posts.
3700 posts about this.
3700 posts about this.
Smiles and Cries
Member
this thread had it wrong day 1
Why? Nintendo's operating performance is still poor and a lot of the issues discussed in this thread are from being resolved?
UncleSporky
Member
Then make a new thread to discuss it that doesn't purport to be about Iwata's resignation?
Iwata is not responsible for the business performance of Nintendo? That's surprising.
See, if everyone asked for Iwata to be promoted, this wouldn't have happened!
UncleSporky
Member
Then make a thread with that as the subject line and continue discussing it, by all means.
I don't understand your problem, sorry. I doubt that Iwata will resign over poor business performance as it's still a Japanese company, but we still have a year to see whether Iwata is meeting his goals and whether he's taking appropriate steps if he doesn't, just as he had implied earlier. Why create a thread for something that is still being discussed here and relevant to the topic?
It's 2014 already? Wow, time flies when you're discussing Iwata's mistakes.
IrishNinja
Member
man, i like to think i'm better than the usual "salty tears" rebuttal
..i like to think this
What's changed? This is just shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic. Every problem they had yesterday still exists today.
Aquamarine
Member
I'll say what I said in the other thread:
Iwata is getting cold feet about him being able to meet the FY 2014 goals.
But obviously he wants to stay within Nintendo....it's his pride and joy. By becoming Nintendo of America CEO, he can stay within the company if the Board of Directors ousts him next year as CEO.
It's quite a brilliant move by Iwata, actually. Either way, he gets job security.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
I think Iwata lying through his teeth is perhaps not a good sign of the man's competency. 9 million WiiU's, 100 billion yen profit. Somehow!
You should really lay off the crack for a while.
IrishNinja
Member
little early for me to say, but honestly, the confidence/near-certainty that you and some others have said in thread after thread that he's the worst thing ever & surely they'll be done with him soon...it's pretty funny seeing the opposite here
i do hope he's more effective in this position, though. again NOA has been such a useless mess that some real leadership/coordination could help tremendously, and they have to realize that much greater efforts need be made in other regions, especially here
1. There are far worse things than Satoru Iwata. He's just a bad CEO who mistakenly believes he understands the gaming industry.
2. I grew up on Nintendo products and I want to see them survive in some form into my old age. For that to happen they need new management, and the sooner the better. Nothing has changed. In fact, the situation is now worse, as he's taken on even more responsibility. It's a shame, and nothing to be celebrated.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Iwata trolled pretty hard some of you are bittersweet just cause he aint getting fired lol. Things dont happen overnight this is for the future of Nintendo.
IrishNinja
Member
on the contrary, most Iwata Asks segments alone kinda tell me he does know a great deal more about the industry than many others
this isn't at all meant to be a defense of archaic decisions like the lack of proper account system, mind; but that's one facet. his decisions to move tech laterally - rather than chase horsepower - greatly expanded the company rather than putting them closer to the position of my precious Sega. they're obviously stumbling with the current console, but like the 3DS, they're in a unique position (software wise) to turn a ship around.
we can at least agree there's far worse things.
while i agree with the first sentence, the rest implies way too much doom; the fact that having someone over Reggie makes things "worse" for you is likewise puzzling.
We may yet get new management overall, but personally, i think it's imperative to their survival that they stay more on the conservative side, rather than say hire someone whom armchair analysts agree with & pushes for some horribly short-sighted shit like changing their business model & developing for ios, as an example.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
I predict your hiveminding of "GAF" will ensure you dont last long on these shores. Something like when Iwata will be given the boot isn't an exact science (although he's set himself up for a huge fall in 2014...)
Extrapolating from sales data and the health of a hardware system based on decades of historical accuracy however is.
CambriaRising
Member
Gaf didn't predict this. You should read the op before posting next time.
KillerTravis
Banned
I'm glad he not resigning, now with the 2 consoles already released they'll probably be profitable next fiscal year.
Father_Brain
Banned
GAF reading comprehension fail.
Again: His possible resignation is contingent on a failure to meet profitability goals for the current fiscal year, ending March 31, 2014. Not the one that just ended.
Again: His possible resignation is contingent on a failure to meet profitability goals for the current fiscal year, ending March 31, 2014. Not the one that just ended.
Basileus777
Member
I'm not sure where this backlash is coming from. Nothing in Nintendo's latest quarterly report makes Iwata's job more secure. If anything those bullish projections are putting a huge target on his back for when Nintendo fails to meet them, which is looking likely.
Iwata read this thread but forgot to put his glasses on. He thus misread it as "reign."
Fourth Storm
Member
Shit, by that line of thinking they should make the lead graphic designer of Mario Galaxy the new CEO.
ColdBlooder
Banned
You do realise that the investors vote to make him CEO?
And funny. I cant find the resignation thingy people talk about in the official Nintendo transcript of the January financial meeting... (You know, the only one that actually counts)
Palette Swap
Member
This apparent blessing might just mean he'll have to fall on two swords rather than one a year from now.This thread in light of the news.
Oh he knows all about investing.
Steve Youngblood
Member
It's really not worth engaging in any sort of antagonistic bickering, as I obviously have no expertise in the Japanese language and have to defer to people who do speak Japanese. However, it's worth noting that Cheesemeister isn't some anti-Nintendo troll with an ax to grind. You can choose to take that transcript as the gospel truth if you want, but I don't think it's necessary to try and discredit the OP by prefacing that with "And funny" as though it might all be baseless rumor-mongering.
So basically this means he never really implied he would step down right?
Hitler comparisons are probably the worst thing to do when you are trying to make a valid point.
Father_Brain
Banned
*sigh* A few more times:
Iwata's possible resignation is contingent on his (likely) failure to meet the 1BY profit goal for the current fiscal year, ending March 31, 2014. Not the one that just ended.
Iwata's possible resignation is contingent on his (likely) failure to meet the 1BY profit goal for the current fiscal year, ending March 31, 2014. Not the one that just ended.
Iwata's possible resignation is contingent on his (likely) failure to meet the 1BY profit goal for the current fiscal year, ending March 31, 2014. Not the one that just ended.
Iwata's possible resignation is contingent on his (likely) failure to meet the 1BY profit goal for the current fiscal year, ending March 31, 2014. Not the one that just ended.
Iwata's possible resignation is contingent on his (likely) failure to meet the 1BY profit goal for the current fiscal year, ending March 31, 2014. Not the one that just ended.
Iwata's possible resignation is contingent on his (likely) failure to meet the 1BY profit goal for the current fiscal year, ending March 31, 2014. Not the one that just ended.
Iwata's possible resignation is contingent on his (likely) failure to meet the 1BY profit goal for the current fiscal year, ending March 31, 2014. Not the one that just ended.
Iwata's possible resignation is contingent on his (likely) failure to meet the 1BY profit goal for the current fiscal year, ending March 31, 2014. Not the one that just ended.
This thread in light of the news.
Wait, is that...
But yeah, what a weird way to resign.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
This is where you made your mistake. Brera doesn't make valid points.
Is that pic recent? Is Aonuma starting to de-age? He looked pretty rough for a while
Steve Youngblood
Member
Hopefully this isn't necessary after Father_Brain's post, but the clarification you were responding to doesn't indicate that he never said he might step down, just that he never indicated he might step down now. As has been clarified elsewhere, the day of reckoning in terms of whether or not he's honor bound to step down is a year away.
krypt0nian
Banned
His self-created timer hasn't dinged people. Not sure what crow is being eaten here.