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Nintendo of Korea CEO talks about Wii, DS success
"Regardless of (economic) downturns, consumers pursue something fun. Sales of our products does not depend on whether the economy is good or not, but whether we introduce fun products or not. I realized this through my experience in the video game industry. There were many people who have ...
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Nintendo Once Again Reminds Us Why It's So Successful [The Greatest Depression]
Kotaku — ... games. We felt a sense of crisis that there would be no future if the game industry remained unchanged. That is one of the biggest reasons we adopted a strategy to expand the game population. We have hoped to make those who do not play games play games. Oh, and in the time it took you to read that, Nintendo just racked up another couple gajillion dollars. Nintendo is like America's national deficit in reverse. Nintendo Korea [Korea Herald via Go Nintendo] ...

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