Iwata would be sad if all games were shooters
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata doesn’t like the thought of the gaming industry becoming filled with shooters. Actually, he told investors that he would be sad if that’s how things turned out to be:
“It is a reality that some of these [wartime shooting] games sell 10 million units per year in [the West], and this is one valid type of video game genre. I would personally feel sad if all video games became something like that, but on the other hand, I do not think such games should disappear.”
I can’t really blame him for making a comment like that. I, too, wouldn’t exactly be happy if all games just involved shooting. To be honest, it’s probably my least favorite genre, though I do appreciate and enjoy some of the shooters out there. We need our other titles as well, like the Marios (platforming) and Zeldas (adventure).
