CVGIn an interview with Diamond.jp, Iwata was asked to comment further on his statements in January that Nintendo would "expand into a new business area" and "extend the definition of entertainment" with its 10-year 'Quality of Life' platform.
Iwata replied that the public perception of Nintendo as merely a video game company is one he aims to change, as was the aim of his late predecessor Hiroshi Yamauchi.
..."So even though we won't chance the fact that our focus is on video games, I felt the need to take that occasion to state that Nintendo is a company that can do whatever it wants."
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In the words of Charley Dinkens, "They were the best of times, they were the end of times..."
I don't know, I have mixed feelings on all this. On the one hand, I can understand why they don't want all of their eggs in one basket. On the other hand, though, it doesn't exactly show a lot of confidence, and this whole "Quality of Life" thing is kind of iffy. We don't even know exactly what this is yet.
So, is this the beginning of the end? Or the ending of the old beginning, which will give way to a new beginning? Or neither? All of the above?
Please understand, because I don't.