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Anonymous commented at 2015-08-18 04:20:23 » #1797470
Terrible news. The man was a wonderful leader in the game industry, one of the only executives in a large company to actually come from game development.
He’s lead the company into some blunders, but it was because he was willing to take risks and try different things;; that same aspect of his leadership changed the industry many times over the course of his career, and the world is better off for it.
"On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." ~ Iwata, GDC 2005
"People sometimes ask me what I did when I was hired at HAL. The answer is that I was a programmer. And an engineer. And a designer. And I marketed our games. I also ordered a lot of take-out food. And I helped clean up. And, it was all great fun."
"One thing that has not changed—and will not change—is our nature as a form of entertainment. Like any other entertainment medium, we must create an emotional response in order to succeed. Laughter, fear, joy, anger, affection, surprise, and, most of all, pride of accomplishment. In the end, triggering these feelings from our players is the true judgment of our work. This is the bottom line measurement of success."
"As we spend more time and money chasing exactly the same players, who are we leaving behind? Are we creating games just for each other? Do you have friends and family members who do not play video games? Well, why don’t they?"
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Terrible news. The man was a wonderful leader in the game industry, one of the only executives in a large company to actually come from game development.
He’s lead the company into some blunders, but it was because he was willing to take risks and try different things;; that same aspect of his leadership changed the industry many times over the course of his career, and the world is better off for it.
"On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." ~ Iwata, GDC 2005
"People sometimes ask me what I did when I was hired at HAL. The answer is that I was a programmer. And an engineer. And a designer. And I marketed our games. I also ordered a lot of take-out food. And I helped clean up. And, it was all great fun."
"One thing that has not changed—and will not change—is our nature as a form of entertainment. Like any other entertainment medium, we must create an emotional response in order to succeed. Laughter, fear, joy, anger, affection, surprise, and, most of all, pride of accomplishment. In the end, triggering these feelings from our players is the true judgment of our work. This is the bottom line measurement of success."
"As we spend more time and money chasing exactly the same players, who are we leaving behind? Are we creating games just for each other? Do you have friends and family members who do not play video games? Well, why don’t they?"
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