Shigeru Miyamoto Quotes

The point of view is the biggest problem with games, because what we play must be clearly presented in the best way for me to have an immersive game experience.

The letters were universally complimentary, and we designers loved hearing that our games were being enjoyed, but if they weren't sending us a picture of their screens most of those writers would have spent their time playing the game rather than writing letters.

Our approach to making games is to find the fun first and then use the technology to enhance the fun.

A lot of times, when someone's going to pick up a game, it can be a bit daunting, like if they haven't played a roleplaying game, or they haven't played things in the series. We spent a lot of time on flow. How it feels to move through the world. How the game rewards you depending on which way you turn.

A game's concept is one of its most important assets. I feel that we must aim to satisfy both beginners and experts, and that hasn't changed since I was making 'Kirby' games.

Don't define the game by the list of the features. Define it by the experience you want to have.

Personally, I think that users should be able to use all the functions of a console video game machine as soon as they open the box.

We have worked with a range of input approaches. We've worked with the range of mechanisms to drive immersion into the gaming experience.

A good game impresses you with what you're doing. I think that's a fundamental difference that I as a game designer need to recede in the background.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

I've always been a proponent of the idea that technology doesn't matter to game design. The example I always like to point out is 'Tetris,' one of the greatest games ever made.

Put simply, if an interface is poorly designed, I will not see the data I looked for, even if it is right there on the page.

In video you are starting with nothing but a black screen. There's no game there. With pinball you at least start with that basic concept, but not with video. The challenge of going from no game to something today is only different because you have to create something so damn fun people will pay $1.00 every two minutes to play it.

I was the lead designer on 'Portal,' and I really enjoyed making that type of game.

Things that are ultimately complex must have a simple end user experience if they are to be successful.

For much of its existence, design was all about convenience. We wanted to hide technology so that users are not distracted into thinking about the tools they use.

Browseability is the key online.

We want the average person to use it and think that it makes the experience of using Pinterest better.

OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it.

Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible.

I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.

The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience.

Design should not dominate things, should not dominate people. It should help people. That's its role.

The only important thing about design is how it relates to people.

I did an early version of my site where it was virtually impossible to get through it, just as a statement about the web. But after a few laughs and some angry e-mails, I realized it wasn't doing me much good. I think the web has become more about the final product, not what it takes to get to it.