EA's Hilleman Says Miyamoto "Falling Down on the Job"

By Jorge Ba-oh 26.09.2013 3

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EA's Richard Hilleman has been vocal when it comes to Nintendo and the role of famed designer Shigeru Miyamoto within the industry.

During a talk about app-development at D.I.C.E Europe this week, he expressed that the next wave of consoles will see a shift from traditional hardware to software, a "continuous change" as he feels younger players learn from touch devices/mobiles over traditional games platforms.

He cited Shigeru Miyamoto as an example, thanking the Nintendo designer for his contribution to the market, but feels that Miyamoto is "falling down on the job. And for the past five years that job has been taken over by a dead guy from Cupertino. [Steve Jobs]".

What are your thoughts on Hilleman's comments on Miyamoto and the state of gaming?

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Sonic_13 is offline. Sonic_13 26.09.2013#1

Did Richard Hilleman just try to claim Steve Jobs was a game designer...and more influential than Miyamoto?? Did Jobs ever have a part in making even a single game ever?

I can't even name an EA game that I've played in the past couple of years, but one of the most enjoyable that I've played has been Pikmin 3 (thanks Miyamoto!). While I play a variety of games and love them all, it's been a while since I've had a craving to play a specific game night after night like I have with Pikmin 3.

 
Canyarion is offline. Canyarion 26.09.2013#2

The problem is that people see Miyamoto as the genius who will bring us the next 10 top franchises in the industry. Because that's pretty much what he did in the past.

But guess what, times have changed. Games are no one-man-projects anymore. They have directors, producers, artists, programmers, etc. All of these guys do their part.

If anything, we should admire the role Miyamoto still takes in the company. How many game developers have a senior walking around different projects, helping them improve the game and sometimes even telling them to do it all over again?

 
jres80 is offline. jres80 27.09.2013#3

Crude, arrogant, and lacking substance, just like EA's business practices =P

 

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