Nintendo’s R&D expenditures are up, but sales are down. With the company adding on roughly 1,000 staffers over the past four or five years, an attendee at Nintendo’s financial results briefing Q&A asked about a possible reduction to the workforce.
At the heart of Iwata’s tenure at Nintendo was a philosophy of listening.
In 2015, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata sadly passed away. Dear friend and EarthBound creator Shigesato Itoi compiled his musings as a tribute.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently sat down with Nikkei to discuss his approach to leading the company through the current Switch era, as well as what influences past presidents like Satoru Iwata and Hiroshi Yamauchi had on him.
nothing wrong with him per say but he just feels kinda lifeless compared to Iwata and lacks the tough guy almost Yakuza vibe Yamauchi gave off
This guy is a penny pincher and has no love of gaming. It is obvious in the half assed ports he is pushing. Iwata we miss you.
Go multiplatform.
Of course not. 3DS be printing dem money. They're doing fine with 3DS and other merchandising. Just the Wii U is bad.
How about marketing your Wii U and explaining why people should upgrade to it? No we need a 99.99 Wii mini to confuse your customers more. Im sure that would make them some money.
For as much as people bitch about the slavish nature of other companies like EA and Team Bondi that swell the number of employees to immense sizes only to have massive layoffs as soon a game ships. You'd think that people would be praising Nintendo for continuing to be true to the business practices and employee loyalty that has kept them going for more that 30 years.
Instead people scream about how stupid they are and how they are doomed and need to make Iphone games and go multiplatform. Yet they still have the highest selling piece of gaming hardware in the entire world. And the Nintendo Wii completely trounced the competition for it's entire life cycle. There comes a time when Nintendo should just trust their instincts and do what they do best. Make great games and ignore everyone that thinks that isn't the point of being in this industry.
First post, always a winner on N4G!!!! (sarcasm)