Om vi får tro Oddworld Inhabitants-bossen Lorne Lanning så kommer vi kunna spela Nintendo-spel om 100 år. Däremot kommer vi inte kunna göra detsamma med Microsoft, säger han i en Venture Beat-intervju.
Sin kärlek för Nintendo förklarar Lanning såhär: "When Satoru Iwata came out and said people were asking him, ‘When are you gonna lay off your development staff? ‘ I don't remember exactly what he said, but it was basically: ‘Laying off development is not going to solve our problems. Building great games is what we do and we're going to continue doing it.'"
Något Lanning som utvecklare gladdes åt: "When he said that, in my opinion, he was immortalized in the creative community. I would work with him in a second. When a man in that type of position, in a world where the golden rule is the rule and that's what's expected at public companies, he stood up and said: ‘That's not what we're about. We're about building great stuff. We have great people to build great stuff. We're gonna do that.'"
Han avslutar sitt resonemang: "When I look at the history of Nintendo, I say, 'Nintendo is gonna be here in 100 years.' I have no doubt. I doubt Microsoft will be here in 100 years. I know Zynga won't be here in 100 years."
Har Lanning rätt tror ni? Räcker det med kärlek för spelmediet för att klara sig i spelbranschen, eller håller det inte i längden?
