Satoru Iwata
Satoru Iwata
Satoru Iwatawas a Japanese video game programmer and businessman who served as the fourth president and chief executive officerof Nintendo. He is widely regarded as a major contributor in broadening the appeal of video games to a wider audience by focusing on novel and entertaining games rather than top-of-the-line hardware...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth6 December 1959
CityHokkaido, Japan
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There would be no paperbacks, no romance novels, no magazines.
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This new approach is like stepping onto an unexplored continent for the first time, with all the potential for discovery that suggests. No one else can match the environment we're creating for expanding the game experience to everyone. Our path is not linear, but dynamic.
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This is an extremely exciting innovation -- one that will thrill current players and entice new ones.
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We hope to make it a simultaneous worldwide release as much as it's possible.
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We hope that our user base will become even wider with our software lineup, which we believe has enough teeth for experienced players.
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In the US, we're going to see the next generation cost an awful lot. I really don't think that there's going to be a lot of acceptance by current customers of the $60 price tag. They may allow that for a limited number of premium titles, but not all.
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I really don't think that there's going to be a lot of acceptance by current customers of the $60 price tag.
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For the controller to be placed on the table at all, we had to make it compact - I believe that this will be possible for this controller. Also, just like a TV remote control, it can be manipulated with one hand.
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I can only say that it's coming out during 2006, but it will be after the current fiscal year.
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The next generation is a place where the best idea, not the biggest budget will win,
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The development of this game came from our belief that people wanted something new. In this case, the game took the form of a treadmill for the mind.
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The game has changed, ... and the way the game is played has to be changed.
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The key here is not what you are playing but how you will be playing. Revolution will also create entirely new genres to expand the definition of video games.
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It's designed like a TV remote because that's familiar to everyone including those who are intimidated by a two-handed controller, ... Its intuitive form allows both experienced and new gamers to stand on the same starting line.