Shuntaro Furukawa On Nintendo’s Future Direction

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Shuntaro Furukawa has been named as the new Nintendo president and representative director, and will succeed Tatsumi Kimishima when he retires in June.

Many are wondering what kind of company Furukawa wants Nintendo to become, and, at the company’s financial results briefing, he was asked as to what its future direction will be under his new leadership.

“The one thing we must never forget when running Nintendo is that we are a company that makes entertainment products and playthings, not necessities. It is a business where our mere existence could be quickly forgotten if consumers stopped considering our products to be fun and interesting,” Furukawa explained in response.

“No matter how the era or the environment changes, the essence of our business will not change. It is a high-risk business, so there will be times when business is good and times when business is bad, but I want to manage the company in a way that keeps us from shifting between joy and despair.

“As for the question of what kind of company I want to make of Nintendo, this is a company that continues to be an integrated hardware and software business in the world of dedicated video game platforms. We work hard to keep the odds of success in our favour, but there are times when things go well, and times when they do not. This is a high-risk business by its very nature, and that will not change. But we need to be a company that continues to ask ourselves what we can do to maintain our relationships with consumers, and how we can leverage our ingenuity to mitigate the risks even a little bit, and never come to the conclusion that there is nothing we can do.”

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