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#1 RETROBLAST

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Posted 27 July 2013 - 04:54 PM

"Earlier this month, Nintendo’s president and CEO, Satoru Iwata, revealed he’s against laying off workers. Although reducing the number of employees in a company is better for the business in the short run, Iwata doesn’t want the morale of staff to decrease due to the fear that they may be laid off. Speaking with VentureBeat, the founder ofOddworld Inhabitants, Lorne Lanning, has praised Iwata’s stance on layoffs.

“When he said that, in my opinion, he was immortalized in the creative community? I would work with him in a second,” said Lanning. “When a man in that type of position, in a world where the golden rule is the rule and that’s what’s expected at public companies, he stood up and said, “That’s not what we’re about. We’re about building great stuff. We have great people to build great stuff. We’re gonna do that.”

Lanning has also praised Nintendo’s way of doing things. While he’s not entirely sure of whether Microsoft will subsist in 100 years, Lanning is confident Nintendo will be here after a century.

“When I look at the history of Nintendo, I say, “Nintendo is gonna be here in 100 years.” I have no doubt,” Lanning said.” I doubt Microsoft will be here in 100 years. I know Zynga won’t be here in 100 years. I’ve been here longer than Zynga. [Laughs] We’re not making headlines in the Wall Street Journal, but we’re still building what we set out to build. Now we have to be clever and smaller in how we think, but we’re more self-empowered than we’ve ever been.”"

 


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Posted 27 July 2013 - 04:59 PM

Well, Nintendo is already 100 years old so it wouldn't be a stretch to think they will survive another 100 years. Be interesting to see what they do to keep up.

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Posted 27 July 2013 - 05:11 PM

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I think the real question is if they will be here in a wonderful 101 years.

 

Also, I love Iwata, that is all. 


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Posted 27 July 2013 - 05:12 PM

But I want Microsoft to stay because Windows>Apple any day of the week.


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Posted 27 July 2013 - 05:15 PM

Will they always be a video game company for all those years though? Nintendo has been a lot of things. Wish the future people would just tell me already.


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Posted 27 July 2013 - 05:15 PM

One thing is for sure, I will not even be here in 50 years !!!


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Posted 27 July 2013 - 05:18 PM

I believe Nintendo will be like Pepsi. They will be here forever.


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Posted 27 July 2013 - 05:22 PM

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Iwata is the man. I used to not like him, but after I heard him say this a couple weeks ago, my respect level for him went up by a thousand. This is a man who stands up to his millions of share holders and says "NO, that isn't what I'm going to do". Lay offs are bad, and he knows it has negative affects on morale, and that will show through in their games. He deserves a slow clap.

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Posted 27 July 2013 - 05:56 PM

In 100 years... the world will be blown to pieces by nuclear bombs and natural disasters. However, Nintendo will be there until that happens.


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Posted 27 July 2013 - 06:04 PM

and they will make a video game about it .... :laugh:


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Posted 27 July 2013 - 06:48 PM

NIntendo is like coca cola, not going anywhere anytime soon!


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Posted 27 July 2013 - 07:36 PM

and how could they downsize considering they said it takes double the manpower to make games on this system.


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Posted 28 July 2013 - 06:42 AM

In a world that's constantly changing and innovating, Nintendo seems to be the only one in the business to be bold, take the first and stand up to their beliefs (yeah, Microsoft and the Xbox 180 ordeal only show that they can't do the same) and I honestly believe that's what'll make them stick around for much longer than most companies that they're competing against now.

 

Nintendo is a legendary company with a very impressive legacy, they have withstood a lot of hardships but they always stood strong. Their products have changed lives, products that have been with us for generations, and they keep uniting families and friends. Just thinking of how I got into Mario games because of my dad and my aunt and now I can play NSMBU with my little brother, my mother and my grandfather goes to show the power of Nintendo's products.


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Posted 29 July 2013 - 11:16 AM

In a world that's constantly changing and innovating, Nintendo seems to be the only one in the business to be bold, take the first and stand up to their beliefs (yeah, Microsoft and the Xbox 180 ordeal only show that they can't do the same) and I honestly believe that's what'll make them stick around for much longer than most companies that they're competing against now.

 

Nintendo is a legendary company with a very impressive legacy, they have withstood a lot of hardships but they always stood strong. Their products have changed lives, products that have been with us for generations, and they keep uniting families and friends. Just thinking of how I got into Mario games because of my dad and my aunt and now I can play NSMBU with my little brother, my mother and my grandfather goes to show the power of Nintendo's products.

 

That's deep bro, I feel the same way.



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Posted 29 July 2013 - 12:55 PM

Good guy iwata. He's a respectable guy. Now he just needs to get this console running at full speed. I would suggest better advertisement at the verry least

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 03:05 PM

I think the real question is if they will be here in a wonderful 101 years.

 

Also, I love Iwata, that is all. 

Hopefully!


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Posted 29 July 2013 - 03:07 PM

Microsoft will be here but not in gaming

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 03:46 PM

Nintendo, live long and prosper!

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#19 Dr Wario

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 09:24 PM

How silly to predict what's going to be around in 100 years.  Civilization will no longer be as we know it, let alone gaming companies.


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Posted 30 July 2013 - 04:12 PM

I believe Nintendo will be like Pepsi. They will be here forever.

 

Nintendo's more like Coca-Cola: always the same, never changing for the demographic. Sega's Pepsi! :)






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