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Satoru Iwata, Head of Nintendo, Has Died At 55

Posted by timothy on from the full-life dept.

An anonymous reader with the news, announced with a statement released by Nintendo on their homepage, that Nintendo president and CEO Satoru Iwata died of a bile duct growth on the 11th of July, 2015. The news is noted by Kotaku and by Engadget. Wikipedia notes that Iwata was the first of the company's presidents to be unrelated to the Yamauchi family through blood or marriage.

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  1. He understood games by Vyse+of+Arcadia · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If someone asked me to name a tech CEO that really new their business, Iwata would have been the first name on my tongue. He played games, he made games, and he knew what made games fun. This is a tragic loss for Nintendo and the gaming industry as a whole.

    1. Re:He understood games by Bahamut_Omega · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Satoru Iwata was the kind of guy I could respect. His humility and honesty was actually something to be admired.

      A CEO who actually had the balls to cut his own pay to help the company out. Could also say that he knew his stuff from having worked on the various titles over the years.

      I believe we need more like the late Iwata, and less like the "entitled" chief executives one sees in other areas of the world.

  2. Extra Life... by theodp · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...sadly, no 1-up mushrooms in real life.