Satoru Iwata Quotes

When you work in a creative environment, people get protective about their ideas. Sometimes it's justified; sometimes it's about ego.

We are at a point in the video game industry that the industry is hollowed out. It is out of touch with the zeitgeist, creating sequels and formulaic games over and over again. The energy comes from the indies.

To me, the more dialogue amongst creative types, the better. It keeps people on their toes, and competition is healthy.

Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.

The distance between the people who made the games and the people playing them wasn't that big. It was the spirit of independence. The programmers were a lot like you.

It is very important to lead the field and innovate in game design.

'Fowl Space' was a lovechild of boredom. While in class, two of the developers started passing designs back and forth. Somewhere in the middle of all that ink and crumpled paper, a chicken in a space helmet was born and thus we have 'Fowl Space.'

Personally I find there is just as much if not more creativity among game makers as there is among feature filmmakers.

Being young is an advantage. You've grown up with games as the dominant entertainment. You have a lot of experience of video games. So what do you want to see that's not been done? Innovation is really low cost for you. You can afford to take risks and fail to execute new ideas.

New ideas in technology are literally a dime-a-dozen, or cheaper than that.

The talent curve in game-making is going straight up to Heaven.

It's difficult to innovate, but you must try to create a project under your ideas and philosophies to take you ahead of other clubs.

The video game industry is constantly evolving. The sheer creativity matched with cutting-edge technologies gives me the comfort that innovation is alive and well in America.

I used to be a part-time enthusiast press games writer when I was starting to get into making indie games.

I have immense respect for Unity because they played a key role in establishing this indie revolution, empowering a huge number of people to get into game development.

Stop making the same games about shooting something and driving; try something else. There is a market for that.

People trying new ideas are a blessing for gamers and in the industry in general.

You only stay in front by coming up with ideas your new competitors haven't thought of yet.

I love working with younger actors because they always come into the game full of energy and ideas that challenge me and keep me learning and stimulated.

Competition is a great thing and critically important in any industry. I respect the companies that build their brand through innovation/great product, packaging, sharp marketing and clever ideas.

I came to realize that exaggerated concern about what others are doing can be foolish. It can paralyze effort, and stifle a good idea. One finds that in the history of science, almost every problem has been worked out by someone else. This should not discourage anyone from pursuing his own path.

And in Improvisation there is one hard and fast rule, and that rule is known as "Yes And." The term YES AND: to say yes, and not just yes, but to add information. In the adding of information you don't negate the other persons idea - but you build on it.

In making movies, time is so short-because it is so expensive-that we tend to neglect the place from which the best ideas come, namely that part of ourselves that dreams. The unconscious is our best collaborator.

I realised all the good ideas were taken before I was even born.

If everyone thinks you have a good idea, you´re too late