Nintendo Q3 FY3/2015 Financial Results Briefing, Q&A 2: Nintendo’s Development Structure
Four development divisions. Hardware: Takeda. First-party: Miyamoto. Second-party: Takahashi. System: Iwata.
NintendObserver’s select content on management Q&As.
NintendObserver’s select content on management Q&As.
Four development divisions. Hardware: Takeda. First-party: Miyamoto. Second-party: Takahashi. System: Iwata.
"In addition, our development team has been testing various forms of amiibo other than plastic figures."
"Nintendo will not implement this business alone."
"The application under development is one that utilizes Mii on smart devices."
"A Pokémon game that created very deep, emotional memories for those who played it."
"Our position on architecture integration has not changed at all and we have been making progress on it."
"We think eliminating marketing and R&D inefficiencies is the most important issue for the time being."
"We are preparing for a bright future."
"We will lower the measurement hurdle by such a great degree that users will be measured by simply sleeping."
"We draw the line at using the cloud and smart devices to directly carry out our video game business."
"The region-lock has existed more for reasons having to do with the seller than the consumers."
"I believe it has very high potential."
"I do not think that our old approach would be successful in new markets."
"I cannot discuss any of the details today, but amiibo has the potential to propose new ways to play card games."
"In the entertainment business, only one can become strong and all of the others will become weak."
"He is so sincere that, in my view, he is trying to take on all of the things related to the company’s current situation by himself and I think it might have made him ill."
"Nintendo will continue to look for new ways to pass on information to more consumers."
"We also plan to make amiibo compatible with other Wii U and Nintendo 3DS software from next year."
"Thank you for your helpful comment."
"The number of third-party titles overseas is greater than in Japan, even for packaged software."