A portion of a GamesIndustry interview with Yoichi Wada, President of Square Enix...

GI: What's your analysis of the health of the Japanese games market at present?

YW: It's haphazard growth, if you like. Nintendo has been doing really well, and DS particularly is enjoying a great boom. But when it comes to games for core gamers, it's quite weak. Sooner or later core gamers will become impatient, and there'll be a point where 'real' games will resume growth, but it's not happening at the moment. However, for core games, the European and American markets are growing at enormous speed.

It seems like Mr. Wada doesn't believe that Nintendo's platforms aren't capable of delivering titles for the 'core' gamer. I don't know...I think I am a core gamer, and I'm enjoying both platforms!

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