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TalkBack / RE:More DS Units for Japan
« on: December 09, 2004, 06:02:40 PM »
All of the statements being made about contemporary games missing the mark are correct, but please also consider the source of the statement and the full context in which it is being made.
The DS is ultimately going up against the PSP, as well as other at least one other handheld, and a bunch of phones/PDAs that want to get in on the mobile gaming action.
Put yourself in Iwata's shoes. It's your job to make sure your statements put your product and company in the most positive light possible.
I used to work for Sega back in the SNES vs. Genesis days and I'm very aware of the press release battles that used to go on between the two companies. Nintendo is very good at the whole PR thing, believe me.
Do you guys remember the Virtual Boy? Nintendo had plenty of positive things to say about that device because they had no choice.
How about the dim screen on the GBA? If corporate officers admit to the flaw, then sales would be less spectacular. Instead, their job was to deflect those kinds of questions and make statements about how the product has a color screen in the first place and there's nothing out there like it anywhere.
I'm not saying the DS is flawed. I just think that you may be reading too deeply into Iwata's comments.
The DS is ultimately going up against the PSP, as well as other at least one other handheld, and a bunch of phones/PDAs that want to get in on the mobile gaming action.
Put yourself in Iwata's shoes. It's your job to make sure your statements put your product and company in the most positive light possible.
I used to work for Sega back in the SNES vs. Genesis days and I'm very aware of the press release battles that used to go on between the two companies. Nintendo is very good at the whole PR thing, believe me.
Do you guys remember the Virtual Boy? Nintendo had plenty of positive things to say about that device because they had no choice.
How about the dim screen on the GBA? If corporate officers admit to the flaw, then sales would be less spectacular. Instead, their job was to deflect those kinds of questions and make statements about how the product has a color screen in the first place and there's nothing out there like it anywhere.
I'm not saying the DS is flawed. I just think that you may be reading too deeply into Iwata's comments.
