Hiroshi Yamauchi quotes

Hiroshi Yamauchi was a Japanese businessman best known for transforming Nintendo into a global video game powerhouse. Under his leadership, Nintendo shifted from a playing card company to an industry leader in electronic entertainment. He played a pivotal role in shaping the modern video game industry. Here are 5 of his quotes:

I have been saying this for some time, but customers are not interested in grand games with higher-quality graphics and sound and epic stories. Only people who do not know the videogame business would advocate the release of next-generation machines when people are not interested in cutting-edge technologies. (Hiroshi Yamauchi)
There are many people in the industry that know nothing about games. In particular, a large American company is trying to do engulf software houses with money, but I don't believe that will go well. It looks like they'll sell their game system next year, but we'll see the answer to that the following year. View quote
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If we can increase the scope of the industry, we can re-energise the global market and lift Japan out of depression - that is Nintendo's mission.". Regarding lukewarm GameCube sales which had yielded the company's first reported operating loss in over 100 years, Yamauchi continued: "The DS represents a critical moment for Nintendo's success over the next two years. If it succeeds, we rise to the heavens, if it fails, we sink into hell. View quote
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[People who play RPGs are] "depressed gamers who like to sit alone in their dark rooms and play slow games." View quote
Hiroshi Yamauchi
Hey Ballmer, suck my yellow balls. View quote
Hiroshi Yamauchi