Comment on Doug Bowser Retiring From Nintendo, Successor Announced

mugita_sokiovt@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Lanusensei87@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not likely at all, this restructuring was made to give NCL more control over NoA, Pritchard is there to run the ship, the new CEO of NoA, Story Shibata, is the one you should be looking at.

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  • mugita_sokiovt@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Never heard of him, but I’d like to research what he’s up to, especially since, based upon what you’re saying… something seems wrong in your eyes. I had some hope, also knowing that likely things would stay the same.

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    • dangrousperson@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m not sure if they’re concerned with Saturo Shibata directly, it’s just that under Reggie, Nintendo of America pushed hard for stuff like free Wii Sports and cheaper prices (which worked great, making the Wii a huge success), while the Nintendo Japan was of the opinion that nothing should ever be given away for free.

      Under Bowser, Nintendo of America fell in line behind Japan. Culminating in stuff like the welcome tour for the Nintendo Switch 2, something that us just a tech demo of the device you just spent $400+ on, costing $10.

      Having Saturo Shibata as CEO, it seems this will get worse, not better, since Nintendo Japan is excerting more control over NoA.

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      • Infrapink@thebrainbin.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Point of order: Wii Sports was not free. The price of the game was added to the price of the Wii, but since you couldn't get a Wii without Wii Sports, people just assumed that was the base price.

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      • mugita_sokiovt@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        There really should be another Iwata-type guy, and not Shibita-type, to be fair.

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