Satoru Iwata Quotes


People sometimes ask me what I did when I was hired at HAL. The answer is that I was a programmer. And an engineer. And a designer. And I marketed our games. I also ordered food. And I helped clean up. And, it was all great fun.


Citations

Iwata, Satoru. "Heart of a Gamer." Game Developers Conference, 10 Mar. 2005, Moscone Center, San Francisco.

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Satoru Iwata
Satoru Iwata
  • Born: December 6, 1959
  • Died: July 11, 2015
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Profession: Businessman

Satoru Iwata was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer, video game designer, and producer. He was the fourth president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nintendo. He was a major contributor in broadening the appeal of video games by focusing on novel and entertaining games rather than top-of-the-line hardware.