from former Nintendo boss Hiroshi Yamauchi recently, the same problems have constantly repeated themselves over the past 20 years – as rising development costs lead to a more financially volatile industry.
During the clip, which is available with full English translations, Iwata questions the longevity of Sony and Microsoft’s plans with the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. He added: ‘I was just making games until recently, but even if I had a machine with 10 times the processing power and 20 times the graphics, the work would be harder, and I don’t think it’s that easy to make customers clearly recognise the difference.
However, it’s Iwata’s comments on the strain developers face in making games on more powerful hardware which rings especially true today.