"Iwata taking responsibility for 3ds, taking 50% salary cut

[DigitalDeviant]

Yeah.....

How about encouraging developers to develop game that truly uses what 3DS has to offer.

Cutting one's paycheck (assuming they did) is not going to magically bumps up 3DS sales.

well a price cut will help for the holiday season, past that I don't know. Sony better hit hard so that competition can force Nintendo to be well competitive.

 

[Nathan Drake]

Yeah.....

How about encouraging developers to develop game that truly uses what 3DS has to offer.

Cutting one's paycheck (assuming they did) is not going to magically bumps up 3DS sales.

well a price cut will help for the holiday season, past that I don't know. Sony better hit hard so that competition can force Nintendo to be well competitive.

Sony has an ass ton of hype surrounding the Vita right now. I'm sure sales will be fine.

I enjoy how Iwata is trying to look saintly by taking an unnecessary fall. Way to not go.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Holy hell. That's what you get for pricing your console just because the fans loved it a lot. It was too expensive. But you can tell that Iwata is making a pretty penny if he's able to take a 50% cut. Hopefully Nintendo rebounds.

 

[shakirmoledina]

this will just increase their fan support and strength. being humble is never a bad thing.

 

[Foxi4]

I think Iwata is afraid that at some point his account total balance will round up to a 0 once it finally reaches the maximum input, so he takes precautions to slow down the inevitable.

 

[hova1]

I blame it on the software lineup. Not a single Mario game on launch is bad. This should always be the most important thing on a Nintendo system at launch. No real Pokemon yet. They need a full Monster Hunter in order to be relevant in Japan.
They should've paid Capcom big money for Monster Hunter exclusivity.
I also can't help but think that if they had a second analog nub and a high budget CoD it would be the most popular thing for 12 year olds.

 

[prowler]

seppuku, business men style.

 

[roastable]

really?
all nintendo has to do is plan a release for a pokemon and all the kiddies will swarm in

 

[sergster1]

Release 3DS
Do not release games
???
Pr--o h s h i t .

Im sorry i just had to do that.... but im kinda happy that nintendo realized their mistake by overpricing the console and not pushing developers hard enough to release quality games in a timely manner and are cutting back...its more than what sony did ._.

 

[Erdnaxela]

really?
all nintendo has to do is plan a release for a pokemon and all the kiddies will swarm in

This.
Nintendo surely plan to do something big with pokémon 3DS, and when it'll be released, it'll make 3DS selling a lot 0_o
Remember, black & white sold like 2,630,000 unit the first two day in japan, with flashcart and piracy, that's crazy.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

really?
all nintendo has to do is plan a release for a pokemon and all the kiddies will swarm in

The kids sure. But they're also trying to advertise to us older gamers.

 

[machomuu]

really?
all nintendo has to do is plan a release for a pokemon and all the kiddies will swarm in

The kids sure. But they're also trying to advertise to us older gamers.

Pokemon Adventures 3DS. Boom, done. It's got blood, death, boobs- I'm sure it'd attract a crowd.

 

[Shoat]

really?
all nintendo has to do is plan a release for a pokemon and all the kiddies will swarm in

"the kiddies"?

I'm sure a very very large portion of the pokemon players are actually adults. (as in ~20-ish year olds who were kids when pokemon red/blue started)

 

[machomuu]

Oh, Rhythm Tengoku was First Party? Huh. I didn't know that.

Yup, by Nintendo SPD.

I guess that would explain why one of the minigames was on the 3DS Sound Channel.

 

[pistone]

thats why i love nintendo/japan they take responsibility for the thing they do,the dont just fire people like hell just because the want money

 

[Guild McCommunist]

It doesn't really show anything, the guy already has a bagillion dollars probably. I remember during the whole banking crisis or whatever over here. I think some CEO's were like "WE'RE TAKING A STEP FORWARD" and made their annual pay $1. Of course it's irrelevant as shit because they still make tons of cash from other means and already have some.

It's just Iwata trying to act like he cares.

 

[DiscostewSM]

Whether he cares or not, there are a lot of businessmen (and women) who could learn from this, like those stupid U.S. politicians.

 

[Ikki]

They really take this seriously.
I hope this doesn't screw them over.

 

[rt141]

Well, this is a smart move, it improves the company image and will hopefully raise their stock even with the losses they are havng they still have enough to make it trough untill awesome things launch for the 3ds, the last good games of the wii and the wii-u, still its nice to see someone actually take responsability for something.

 

[DigitalDeviant]

Your not gonna see any american ceo's cutting half their salary, I respect Iwata for doing this.