To say smartphone and tablet gaming has blown up in recent years would be the understatement of the century; Apple has made a fortune off of the iTunes store, games like Angry Birds are known the Continent over, and Candy Crush probably leaves more people broke and crying than Las Vegas at this point. All praise aside, however, it did not fulfill the doomsday scenario that market analysts everywhere predicted; the end of handheld consoles. Nintendo, against all odds, managed to sell staggering numbers (over 40 million) of 3DS units. While this isn’t anywhere close to the ridiculous potential on Facebook games and app stores, one would be hard pressed to call handheld gaming “dead”.
Nintendo's Miyamoto is looking to hand over the reigns to a younger developer who can take his stead.
Will that matter much when the other old heads will most likely say no to anything a younger dev would say?
They're not going to put someone in that position with radically different ideals. The "culture" of Nintendo is as a company and a brand is as iron-clad as any you will find. I guarantee you, no matter who fills Miyamoto's position, they will hold the same philosophies as he does when it comes to game development.
Shigeru Miyamoto should hand over Nintendo to Xbox's Phil Spencer. Can you imagine what he would do to the brand with Microsoft's financial backing?
A bit late for this impossible transition.. its at least a good thing he handed over Zelda to Aonuma. But Miyamoto’s creative mind is unmatched
“Shigeru Miyamoto should hand over Nintendo to Xbox's Phil Spencer. Can you imagine what he would do to the brand with Microsoft's financial backing?“
As if money fixes everything. Have you seen the state of Xbox?
Nintendo Switch will go down as one of the best selling consoles in history and they’ve released countless great games. Nintendo actually have passion for gaming and make stellar games. The complete opposite of Xbox.
Then not much point in giving the reigns to someone younger if they're not going to push ninty in a somewhat newer direction.
@Inverno
Myiamoto won't live forever and at some point he will retire. He's going to have to hand it over to somebody eventually. He probably already has an understudy that he's grooming to take his place.
Out of all the companies in the biz, Sony is who you call out for that of all things? lol how
Yeah... a business is definitely not going to prioritize profits. What we want is profits plus a care for games. You're not getting one who doesn't care about profits.
By younger he probably means someone 60+ years old :-)
If any one has seen Jiro Dreams of Sushi movie ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wi... will probably know what I mean by this
In a new interview with IGN, Shigeru Miyamoto talks about designing Super Nintendo World, his opinion on video game stories, and why Nintendo is more than just a game company now.
At least the onecin hollywood is kond of a let down...too small, 1 ride, and 1 restaurant...lots of cool moving things, but once you see it thats it...kids could have fun if the lines dont ruin it.
Waluigi almost had his own Peach counterpart like Mario before creator Shigeru Miyamoto rejected the idea.
What about Bowsers peppy and upbeat opposite, Wowser
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Waluigi needed his own World game. Every other brother and cousin got multiple, what did he do that was so bad he got shafted the way he has over the years?!
Cmon... that's not wat he said...
He said the passive attitude towards gaming that the casual market shows is pathetic...
With everything going on with gamergate right now... clickbait titles are like suicide.
This is kind of old news.
Taken out of context "news"
I agree though.
Smartphone gamers are pathetic.
I played angry birds and blitz brigade fer a bit... but the only games I play are emulators.
To me its the only game purpose a smartphone has.
"It’s kind of a passive attitude they’re taking, and to me it’s kind of a pathetic thing."
Article title: Miyamoto Describes Smartphone Gaming as “Pathetic”
Journalism at it's finest.
Well its true which ever way you slice it.
the ultimate truth about mobile gaming - it sucks