Jaffe calls out Iwata on GDC keynote, says Iwata's argument is bulls*@$

“The reality is, you can’t put a price on fun. I don’ t care if it’s 99c or $150 or $1000 over the years in sub fees to an online MMO. Fun is fun, so I think it’s an absurd concept to say, this is the criteria, these are the ingredients you [need] to make fun otherwise you can’t play. That’s bullsh*t, man. I’m going to get screwed, because you’re going to think ‘Jaffe’s bashing Nintendo’ and I’m not. was at [Iwata’s] keynote, three, four years ago. He stood on stage, had this great, powerful presentation where he was talking about disruption. ‘Come on guys, we’re not even playing your game’. [Microsoft and Sony] are fighting the HD battle. We aren’t even paying attention and look at the success we’ve made by disrupting your market.’ I don’t know if it’s karma or good old fashioned irony that now he’s pushing back against the very thing he was claiming was valuable in his earlier keynote, which is disruption.” - David Jaffe

I think the difference here is that the disruption that Iwata was talking about back then is much different from what’s happening now. We have a game market sector where titles priced over 99 cents struggle to find consumers. How can that be good for anyone but the lucky few?

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