Nintendo believes that dedicated gaming platforms, including Wii, Nintendo 3DS and the forthcoming Wii U, are unworthy of existence unless their games provide exceptional fun for consumers, according to company president Satoru Iwata. Iwata also says that free games or games for 85 yen, which is equivalent to about 1.06 USD, do not supply unparalleled fun.
“I think it totally incorrect to discuss the influence of smart devices and social games together as one topic, and I always try to distinguish between the two. Smart devices have both pros and cons for our business. Take the “Animal Crossing: New Leaf Direct” video I mentioned before, for instance, those who are interested in the Animal Crossing series, but are not aware of Nintendo Direct might have seen a tweet about the video and the link to it on their Twitter timeline and actually accessed it on their smartphone. In this context, smartphones are nothing but our friend. On the other hand, some say that they do not need dedicated gaming systems because they can play a number of games for free or for 85 yen each on smartphones. We believe that neither Nintendo nor dedicated gaming systems are worthy of existence unless our games give consumers unparalleled fun, which games for free or for 85 yen do not supply…”
-Nintendo Global President Satoru Iwata
FIRST
To die
Queer.
You are not first until I remove my penis from your butt.
That’s funny
*Throws blue shell*
Wow.
SECOND
to last to get laid.
Still a queer.
THIRD
wheel
Yup tell that to Riot Games fan base of over a million…
fuck off
he just did, you retard-o-men
FOURTH
dammit
On phones, maybe. But TF2 and Tribes: Ascend beg on major platforms like PC show that there is some value to be found in some free games.
TF2 wasn’t free for the longest time though
Tf2 is not free it jujst have a difrent busiines model to earn money
Well, it is free, you just have to pay to unlock all features (Though you can live without them, as I just became Premium after 11 months of playing it)
i love that game on my steam.
i think they are talking about games on phones and things like that
“…smartphones are nothing but our friend,” says Nintendo President Iwata. Ha ha… how do like them APPLES?!!!!!!
*badum tss..*
Iwata >>>>Obama>>>> Steve Jobs.
Were you dropped frequently as a baby?
Were you mollested by your uncle as a child ?
Actually, Steve Jobs would be a bit more significant than both of them.
Please tell me you’re not an Apple fanboy now :/.
Iwata is a billion times the person steve jobs is :)
As a person. Steve Jobs was a respectable businessman with great ideas that can make his company craptonnes of cash (but he wasn’t very coworker friendly), but Iwata is both a nice guy (according to people to met him) and a good businessman who turned the failing GameCube into the phenomenal Wii and the best-selling handheld the Nintendo DS.
I agree :). I was just jokin really, I love Iwata becuase of the joy he brings us at e3 etc. Steve jobs and Apple I don’t really care about and kinda wish they would stop trying to take over the world and make all their competitors go bust lol.
No, I ain’t an apple fanboy, and I don’t like Apple full stop. (Android fanboy I am :P )
Just you cannot deny Steve Jobs was more significant, he’s the reason why Pixar is so successful, He revolutioned the tech world. Iwata is an awesome guy, but just hasn’t done as much as Steve Jobs (At this point in time)
I biasedly (if that’s a word) and unfairly disagree :P
No wonder they keep their prices high, for.ev.er.
They’re not so expensive when you think about it. Their technology takes some cash, and they’re not as expensive as, say, Apple or Sony.
What do you expect? Charity?
Apart from Team Fortress 2.
which used to cost money…..
Tribes Ascend?
they are not completly free they just have a drifent bussines model to make money
Still, I can just download the game and kick some serious ass. You need money for extra stuff, but the main game it’s free.
Totally agree. There is no way smartphone gaming or tablet gaming could take over. If it ever does I will no longer game.
when that happen it the day home consoles and handheld games suck ass, till that happen i don’t see that happening.
Let me dumb it down for people that think smart phone gaming is the way of the future. “Games that cost a dollar or are free to download on smartphones are pieces of shit and shouldn’t be compared to real quality gaming which only a dedicated console with a dedicated controller is capable of giving you! People… Just buy a Wii U and you’ll have more fun!”
WTH?? shigeru! what is that vocabulary!?? XD
Or we can just game on all of them? Handhelds and Smartphones. There have been some amazing games on smartphones I’d love to see come to handhelds.
I agree but the are usualy those that cost a bit more than 5 dollars
There have been the few odd ones that are released below $5.
But apart from that, they have sales all the time, just see what they have :P My reccomendation would be the dark knight rises.
not all smartphone games are bad as people are saying.
I think unfortunately, the smartphone game market has been saturated with a lot of shit.
If people look hard enough, there are some brilliant games on touch devices.
Ya what he said.
Preach it!
Well said, Mr. Iwata.
Mr. Iwata San is very correct, this is like playing the free knock of steam like games of the 90s with shallow gaming content and clone experiences. Thus we as gamers should only use smart phones for easy pass time 10 minute gaming thrills.
WHEN YOUR’E RIGHT YOUR’E RIGHT, FTP ARE MOSTLY TERRIBLE…….
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You’re wrong Iwata! There’s this game called Team Fortress 2. You should play it!
Team Fortress 2 Started out as a Normal Retail/Downloadable game on PC and Xbox 360 for quite some time, That doesn’t Count….-_-
Who the hell even plays TF2 on consoles? LOL
Team Fortress 2 Started out as a Normal Retail/Downloadable game on PC and Xbox 360 for quite some time, That doesn’t Count….-_-
um….that game is not 100% free you know. I have that game in my steam.
They gave away Zelda: Four Swords for free.
Yeah, but doesn’t it cost now? That was just a promotion.
It’s not on the eshop at all :( but I already have it at least.
Oh really? Hmmm, I swear I saw it there. Aw well.
naah wrong…… its not,,,
Was for a limited for free but if you want to buy it you have to use the eshop search
Actually you can’t anymore, it doesn’t show up on the search and when I found it in my account activity, it said currently unavailable. In the information it says that it will be available for a limited time only (September 28, 2011 through February 20, 2012). But I could have sworn that Nintendo said after that date that you could pay for it instead of just removing it from the eshop.
Maybe is cause a new zelda is coming and it dont want a old cheaper version competing,a new zelda whit four sword gameplay?? Yes please
Yah. But it made its profits before when it was first released.
I think we have the wrong idea on what he’s referring to. No doubt, TF2 is an amazing FPS – the best I’ve played. I think he’s referring to those little 99cent apps you see in app stores on android/apple.
I bought The Dark Knight Rises for $0.99. Amazing game. There are some pretty good games on those devices.
When I call people faggots online I’m actually talking about myself because I secretly like dick
Ok then? O_o
I’m 10 years old by the way.
You are a failure at trolling.
I know your mom is, monkeytwat.
You can’t fight for shit
….whats your point?
What Ur point turd licker
No seriously, what’s your point walker?
Suck my jimmies
Thays the randomess thing I’ve seen here XD
I would agree with him, in most cases. I have the Kindle Fire and my son has an iPad and we have downloaded a ton of those cheap games. There are a few that we have had a lot of fun with, but about 99% of them were played for about ten minutes – kinda like Pain for the PS3. It wasn’t free, but there was no real point to it. I like cheap, like anyone; but I like cheap, as in a good deal, better than cheap, as in… well, cheap.
I like to play Doom 3 will shoving a dildo up my anus.
Is “Animal Crossing: New Leaf Direct” a sequel to “Animal Crossing: New Leaf”?
Damn, the first one isn’t even out and there is already a video for a new one?
Animal Crossing is for babies, play some Doom 3 which is the only game I know how to play
No – he’s talking about the New Leaf Nintendo Direct trailer, assuming you know what Nintendo Directs are.
Someone add me on PSN and no trolls allowed
I am the best gamer on Doom 3 because I own people by using the mini gun because I’m too much of a faggot to use a pistol now please rub my nipples!! by the way I’m 10 years old and sometimes I need reminded
I was playing Wolfenstein and finishing DOOM 1 on Nightmare when you were stil playing with your poop. Move.
Screw you, I’m playing the best one on the PS3. like my ass,
Sexy coco ?????? Is that you????
Who the fuck is Sexy Coco, I’m Walker the Dick Wanker
Bitch, you just mad because you can’t have nice nipples like me, the sexiest mother fucka around.
I agree with him entirely.
I’ve yet to run across a hack&slasher game for “free” on a phone that was as good as Devil May Cry 3 or Bayonetta, for example, nor an adventure game as memorable as Zelda always is.
Dedicated gaming consoles will always have a place.
Especially the big three.
Zenonia is free on androids, and it fun as hell.
Though photo dojo (was free for a limited time) was a small game, it was tons of fun, and the only paid game I have on my phone is tetris, but it’s still tons of fun.
i do not agree with him, ahem dota 2, team fortress 2 etc. but if he’s talking about ios games ten yeah.
Team Fortress 2? More like Team Fortress Who Gives a Shit 2. Play a real man’s game like Killzone and Uncharted, those games make my cocolishus ass tighten up.
Iphone gaming is dog shit. Nothing more than a low quality pass time. If you were a proper gamer , you would simply whip your 3ds or Vita or DS or PSP out on the Bus accordingly.
I will never endorse Mobile phone games as long as I live. They’re been going down hill since Snake on the black and white Nokia’s….
Come on, some are really good, have you tried Auditorium? Its a hell of a game, and hard as shit.
Some are ”FUN” but they’re not good when compared to 3ds and vita or DS and PSP games :).
Just my opinion bro. There’s probably loads of great games I have never heard of on IOS and Android,
yes, yes like bad piggies XD
I will give him that but he needs to step up his game dog, for real.
I want to see games like Killzone and the sexy sexy Uncharted, Mario is just a fat motha fucka
If he means every free game, then I think he is wrong. Some games that are free are fun. Some people had downloaded games for free for an Emulator and they had fun. Team Fortress 2 is fun for a lot.. And other games. I hope he means certain games though..
Although I don’t much think enjoying games really connect with money anyway.. Like for example even if a game on a phone was free, and was no fun.. Is it really because it was free? It might of just been the game it’s self, because it was probably easy to make, and that’s why they made it free. But if they started to charge the game but never change the game, then people may be like, “I payed 20 dollars for this?!” If so, then money may not really connect here. Or also, if the game did cost money on the phone but was awesome, would it really suck if they made it free later? To me, I don’t think it really would..
I think some free games on the phone is fun.. Like that cube avoid game (Don’t remember name) might of been free but it’s a classic fun game still.
Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t see how much.
He’s right! Free games, or U$1,06 games, have a really limited amount of developers (maybe a max of 10), while actual dedicated games have an entire team behind them! This mean the latter is more dedicated to satisfy the consumer, while the first one is there only to make you pass some time.
Let’s put it like this: if those cheap games were more expensive, no one would buy the!
You’re comparing Burger King to Outback Steakhouse. (Oops, BK has Nintendo promo right now….try again) :P You’re comparing McDonald’s to Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse (there, that’s better). Both are restaurants & both serve beef. What’s the difference? You’re eating aren’t you? Is the issue cost or what you’re getting? If steakhouses went away & all we had left was fast food it would suck for the people that work hard for their $$$ & want the best because they deserve it.
True words
bull s*** what about cave story, and team fortress 2!!!!!?
i have downloaded a few games on android and it is true cheap games tend to be boring, in my opinion. but i have also found some ok games but i don’t think i play them as much unless i am really board in a waiting room
couldnt agree more
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