Despite cloud-based streaming services like Gaikai and OnLive on the near horizon, home consoles will not become obsolete any time soon, says Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.
Nor is the rise of social gaming on PCs, the audience for which may overlap somewhat with Nintendo's Wii and DS demographic, a threat to the company's hardware, Iwata suggests.
"We do not think that the combination of a game system and dedicated software will last forever," he states in a Q&A session with analysts. "However, we do not believe that hardware dedicated to gaming shall (become obsolete and) perish in a few years. I personally think that kind of scenario is unthinkable."
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.
I would always buy hard-copies of games and consoles. Except maybe for hand-helds, though I'd still prefer to buy the game in the store and just copy it to a hard drive in the hand-held.