Nintendo Vows To Avoid Arrogance This Time Around...

[Gikoku]

Nintendo Vows To Avoid Arrogance This Time Around...

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In an E3 interview with Newsweek published on Wednesday, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said the number one obstacle for his company would be in avoiding the arrogance associated with the massive success of its recent products, namely the Wii and DS.

"Nintendo's next obstacle is to not lose its internal energy and internal momentum," Iwata told Newsweek. "I believe my most important role right now is to prevent Nintendo from being in a company where people say, "Oh, Nintendo is arrogant," "Nintendo has let its guard down," or "Nintendo has lost its challenging spirit." We want to avoid all of the pitfalls that can come from losing one's momentum."

Arrogance is largely credited for Nintendo's fall from grace in the middle Nineties in which the company made several poor strategic decisions resulting in the loss of market share to Sony's fledgling PlayStation.

In a related story, George Harrison, Nintendo's senior VP of marketing, told Motley Fool that "neither" the Xbox 360 or PS3 was a threat to Wii dominance.

 

[Dark Drakan]

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In a related story, George Harrison, Nintendo's senior VP of marketing, told Motley Fool that "neither" the Xbox 360 or PS3 was a threat to Wii dominance.

If they dont want to be branded as arrogant they need to avoid comments like that for a start. The Wii will fade as the tech in 360 and PS3 shows how much more advanced it is and Wii's novelty wears thin, thats what they need to worry about.

 

[Tsuyu]

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"Wii dominance" - what the hell?

 

[Gikoku]

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If they dont want to be branded as arrogant they need to avoid comments like that for a start. The Wii will fade as the tech in 360 and PS3 shows how much more advanced it is and Wii's novelty wears thin, thats what they need to worry about.

Yeah, exactly. But it comes naturally i suppose..i mean when most attain a high amount of success, it tends to go to their head. It's happened to just about all of them: Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Atari, Sega, and others. But it would be good for them to not let success get to their head, and continue to work on increasing the sales and lifespan of the Wii.

 

[Dark Drakan]

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Yeah, exactly. But it comes naturally i suppose..i mean when most attain a high amount of success, it tends to go to their head. It's happened to just about all of them: Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Atari, Sega, and others. But it would be good for them to not let success get to their head, and continue to work on increasing the sales and lifespan of the Wii.

Companies should start just paying attention to their own business and stop trying to take digs at others and also try and stop being arrogant with their own products.

 

[Orpheus Lupus]

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"Wii Dominance"...You know, how fast they were selling, Tsuyu.

I love my Wii, as I've said before, I just wish the developers would realize they can do more with it besides shoddy ports and mini-games I'm playing Metroid Prime 3 right now and I think it really shows off the potential that the console actually has, which is different from the 360's strengths. Although, I actually don't use most of the 360's extra stuff, now that I think about it, because I have other stuff that does the same thing lying around my house/on my PC. Hm.

 

[Albion Knight]

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"Wii dominance" - what the hell?

In terms of Console Sales in the past Year they are dominating. In terms of Games it's still the 360 in my mind. The Wii mote sounds like it would be a lot of fun. The Wii is here to stay. Developers won't ignore the largest population of gamers among Next-gen consoles. I expect to see more third party exclusives in the next year or so. Another thing to consider is that the Wii can't do as much which might actually make it easier to develop the games. With a limited scope you often have reduced costs and time.