“I think that whether it is late or not will be decided by what we produce in the coming years.”
☆ NintendObs Event – Nintendo and DeNA Q&A.
Question:
What are your sales and profit forecasts for this business? Mr. Iwata mentioned that releasing game content for smart devices would devalue Nintendo’s hardware-software integrated platforms. Did external changes make you change the policy? If not and it was because of an internal change, I must say that the decision was too late. Please elaborate on this change.
Answer:
Iwata:
We have nothing to explain regarding sales and profit today. Our basic position is to announce our best-predicted scenario in the financial forecast announcement for the next fiscal year.
As to your question, “Why did you announce a policy which is different from what you used to say?”, one thing is that we have finally found a clear way to achieve a win-win relationship both for the dedicated video game and smart device businesses by deploying Nintendo IP raised in dedicated video game systems to smart devices. Another thing is collaborating with a powerful partner, DeNA. Instead of one company having to do everything, this partnership will enable us to not assign an excessive number of development staff to areas where weaknesses exist, and as a result will help us avoid disturbances to our software development for dedicated video game systems. Or, I should rather say that we have found an answer to creating an advantageous situation for both sides by letting more people know about Nintendo IP and bridging the gap between these two platforms. You mentioned that what I explained today sounded different from what we have said in the past. Please understand that I had been hoping to come up with this sort of solution and that I was finally able to talk about the whole picture today, because various prospects we had been considering and working on have come together as we had hoped, so I personally feel very comfortable today.
As for your criticism that the decision is late, I think that whether it is late or not will be decided by what we produce in the coming years, and it could rather be described as the best timing. My personal view is that the time is ripe as many factors like various encounters with people, the ways our internal discussions have progressed and the ideas we have generated through that process occurred simultaneously. We will do our best to prove that our decision was made at the right time.
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