Hiroshi Yamauchi Zitate

Hiroshi Yamauchi war ein japanischer Unternehmer. 1949 übernahm er die Leitung des japanischen Familienunternehmens Nintendo, dessen dritter Präsident er war. Das anfänglich ausschließlich Spielkarten herstellende Unternehmen wuchs unter Yamauchis Leitung ab den 1980er Jahren zu einem der größten Videospielkonzerne heran. Nach über 50 Jahren an der Konzernspitze trat Yamauchi 2002 zurück und ernannte Satoru Iwata zu seinem Nachfolger. Bis zu seinem Tod blieb Yamauchi als Berater des Konzerns tätig. Wikipedia  

✵ 7. November 1927 – 19. September 2013
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“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.”

Prior to the announcement of the Nintendo Revolution "Top 10 Tuesday: Wildest Statements Made by Industry Veterans" ign.com http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/03/14/top-10-tuesday-wildest-statements-made-by-industry-veteransquote-

“Hey Ballmer, suck my yellow balls”

This comment was reported as being a response to Microsoft's offer to buy Nintendo in "How Nintendo boss silenced Steve Ballmer" The Inquirer (7 January 2005) http://www.theinquirer.org/?article=20547, and other news sites, but it actually derives from a parody article "Pride" http://middaysoftware.com/MinhsBlogs/articles/223.aspx that was purportedly to be in the February 2005 issue of Wired magazine, and which first appeared on the web at a Spanish gaming site, Gamerah.com http://www.gamerah.com/noticias.php?bias=180#180
"Microsoft's Ballmer beat off Asian genital challenge" ~ The Register (7 January 2005) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/07/ballmer_nintendo_ceo/
"Nintendo Responds to Fake Interview" ~ Advanced Media Network (8 January 2005) http://gc.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=4086
Misattributed

“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.”

In reference to Microsoft, prior to the release of the Xbox "Top 10 Tuesday: Wildest Statements Made by Industry Veterans" ign.com http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/03/14/top-10-tuesday-wildest-statements-made-by-industry-veterans

“[People who play RPGs are] "depressed gamers who like to sit alone in their dark rooms and play slow games."”

"Top 10 Tuesday: Wildest Statements Made by Industry Veterans" ign.com http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/03/14/top-10-tuesday-wildest-statements-made-by-industry-veterans

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