Satoru Iwata Quotes

By the year 2000, most Americans will be online one way or another.

In the early '90s, well under 5 percent of the global population was online.

We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be through a personal computer, a set-top box or a mobile phone.

Music, even with these dial-up connections you have to the Internet, is very practical to download.

The European auto industry made a commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an average of 140 grams per kilometer. But then there was a significant change in what customers wanted in their vehicles.

I have the Internet, but the first that happens with it is my machine will crash. I get by when it's operating. What would I know about updating?

The Internet eco-system should be such that users should not pay for Internet connection, content, or anything that is basic.

All wish to know, but few the price will pay.

Here in Havana where families make about $20 a month, fewer than 5 percent have Internet in their homes, they are prepared. But it's hard to predict how sweeping this change will be, if the people of Cuba are even ready for it.

The connection was so bad, and I couldn’t talk at all during most of the call. How terrible it is when you say I love you and the person at the other end shouts back ‘What?

I hate cameras. They interfere, they’re always in the way. I wish: if I could just work with my eyes alone. To get a satisfactory print, one that contains all that you intended, is very often more difficult and dangerous than the sitting itself. When I’m photographing, I immediately know when I’ve got the image I really want. But to get the image out of the camera and into the open, is another matter.

Anyone with a internet connection and an idea can develop an audience

For a long time at Nintendo we didn't focus as much on online play because for many years doing so would have limited the size of the audience that could enjoy those features. But certainly now we see that so many people are connected to the Internet. It opens up a tremendous amount of possibilities.

My conception of dominion status implies present ability to severe the British connection if I wish to.

All you need is a laptop or a PC and an Internet connection and you can pretty much do almost anything and create almost any type of company.

Our big goal should be to make connection to the Internet as common as connection to telephones is today.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

When we get the remote Russian village online, what will get people to the Internet is not going to be reports from Human Rights Watch. It's going to be pornography, 'Sex and the City,' or maybe funny videos of cats.

Having the best product means nothing if the people won't buy it.

I don't think anyone has done a [tablet] product that I see customers wanting.

If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another's.

Advertising is tax deductible, so we all pay for the privilege of being manipulated and controlled.

He is invariably in a hurry being in a hurry is one of the tributes he pays to life.

I'm kind of a nerd when it comes to literature and theory. I wish I could have more of that in life, but I don't because I'm always reading scripts or things to prepare for movies when I'm reading.

A goal without a plan is a wish.