Miyamoto talks to Channel 4 about gaming and the current financial crisis

Umm... this is from Channel 4 news, a commercial network in the UK and not BBC.

Just because there are British accents doesn't mean it's from the BBC. There is more than one channel over there, you know (BBC1, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, etc.)

Really? The example they show of Miyamoto's work is Super Mario..... 2?

everyone buy wii music, so our stock goes up!

Please please please don't kill me WiiFanboy but I think Miyamoto is a great game designer, producer, director, creator whatever he is not a genius. If Miyamoto thought Wii Music was a great idea, there's something wrong there.

I totally agree with everything he says. Developers really should start looking for other ways to draw in gamers other than violence. Most of the big-hitters (Gears 2 etc) are all based on violence. Kinda sad actually.

Not really their fault though. The self proclaimed 'hardcore' would have a hissy fit if developers tried to do anything different!

I feel violence in games is fine, as long as you have something to back it up. Gameplay is infinitely more important.

I think Nintendo should be a little concerned about the current situation as it doesn't take a genius to work out that it will be casual/non-gamers who will hold back their spending on games. Gamers will carry on buying lots of games/consoles because it's our hobby/passion, it's what we spend our money on, but casual gamers won't.

A large percentage of Wii sales are from casual/non-gamers who've bought it merely as a silly novelty (as Nintendo have marketed it), those people aren't going to be buying it quite so readily now.

Miyamoto talks about "current financial woes".

Seeing as his hobby with gardening led to Pikmen, his interest in personal health led to WiiFit, and his interest in music led to WiiMusic, what does this mean for the next blockbuster game for Wii?

I agree with Miyamoto's take on violence. In real life, we entertain ourselves with many legal non-violent activities - sport, music, hobbies, sex - why shouldn't those things be featured more in games?

Conflict and drama does not need violence. Even conflict that is started with violence is usually ended with non-violent investigation and arbitration. Investigation and courtroom drama has been the cornerstone for many great movies and television series, so why not games? How is it that Pheonix Wright is the only significant courtroom video game?

But most conflict and drama comes from relationships. Most television shows depict relationship conflict and drama, even sitcoms and action shows include relationships as a secondary story. So why don't more games feature relationship drama? That doesn't mean the game has to be a dating simulator, games could at least show the characters' relationships in the cut-scenes, or have your in-game actions affect your relationships with the other characters.

looking back, $50 carts for games you can beat in under an mario really isnt affordable. hahahaha.

I agree, Miyamoto!

i think their should be a BALANCED amount of "core" (violent) games and "casual" (non-violent) games. it pretty much like a scale. if theres to many "casual" games then the scale will be unbalanced. keep them balanced and everyones happy! also parents need to look at game ratings when buying games for children. its there for a reason you know! not just there to look pretty! pay attention to the ratings and everyones happy and not concerned.

Nintendo's non-casual titles greatly outnumber their casual titles. I really don't see why there's a problem.

I, agree with Miyamoto, nowadays violence is around every corner when you look in a videogame store/section. That's not to say that I don't play such titles but I can definitely see where he's coming from. And of course he's a genius! If it weren't for him, most of us would have never played our first videogame!