Nintendo President encourages competition from PS4 and Xbox One

“The added competition of the PS4 and Xbox One is good for the Wii U because the industry becomes “energized” as a whole.” Says Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, who believes that while the two other consoles will be targeting a hardcore gamer base, the Nintendo will always receive interest from any party because of its longevity, and the return of classic characters. While other companies will launch new consoles and intensify the competition for Nintendo, Iwata wonders if the target user will actually be the same. The new games that will be soon available for Wii U (eg. Super Mario 3D World, Wii Party U etc) is targeted more toward family use, and Nintendo is targeting those who bought Wii and would be interested in the Wii U offerings. This is slightly different from what Playstation and Xbox are doing, where their new consoles are targeting a “hardcore gamer base”. Therefore, the launch of other video game systems is also good for us because they energize the video game industry as a whole.