Nintendo Denies New Ways To Play Have Slipped In Priority
Nintendo published the Q&A summary from its second-quarter financial results briefing on November 6. Asked whether proposals for new ways to play comparable to the Wii Remote have become scarce, President Shuntaro Furukawa answered "Not at all."
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Why it matters
Furukawa's answer keeps the hardware-software integration model as the stated priority, which means any future change in how Nintendo proposes new play styles would be a deliberate shift rather than a quiet drift.
Key Facts
- Nintendo published the Q&A summary from its second-quarter financial results briefing on November 6.
- The Q&A contains seven questions answered by Shuntaro Furukawa, Shinya Takahashi, and Ko Shiota.
- Furukawa answered "Not at all" when asked whether the priority of developing new ways to play has declined.
- Furukawa said hardware-software integrated entertainment is what can maximize Nintendo's strengths at this point.
He said unique entertainment only Nintendo can offer is the company's lifeline, and that hardware-software integrated entertainment is what maximizes its strengths at this point.
The question came in Q7 of the published Q&A, which carries seven questions answered by Furukawa, Director and Senior Executive Officer Shinya Takahashi, and Director and Senior Executive Officer Ko Shiota. Furukawa looked back on roughly 40 years of integrated hardware-software development as the reason Nintendo has been able to offer what he calls unique entertainment.
He allowed that different forms of that entertainment are possible in the future. For now, he said, hardware-software integrated entertainment is what can maximize the company's strengths, and the policy is to keep working on it with high priority.
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