Satoru Iwata appears to have considered the tactic of publishing Nintendo titles on consoles like the PS3 or Xbox 360, but has decided it’s against the company’s long-term plans and core values, according to a recent interview with CVG.
“If I was to take responsibility for the company for just the next one or two years, and if I was not concerned about the long-term future of Nintendo at all, it might make sense for us to provide our important franchises for other platforms, and then we might be able to gain some short-term profit,” Iwata said. “However, I’m really responsible for the long-term future of Nintendo as well, so I would never think about providing our precious resources for other platforms at all.”
Iwata maintained that publishing on non-Nintendo consoles would go against the company’s core values.
“What I believe is that Nintendo is a very unique company, because it does its business by designing and introducing people to hardware and software — by integrating them, we can be unique,” Iwata said. “And because we have hardware and software developers in the same building, they stimulate each other. And those kinds of conditions have enabled us to create something that no other companies can create,” he added. “Those kinds of backgrounds are there behind the fact that such a number of great Nintendo franchises exist, and those great franchises always shine for people around the world.”
Do you respect Nintendo for the decision, or do you think they’re being too stubborn in the face of falling profits?
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