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Iwata on labeling things as a success
This comes from an IGN interview with Nintendo's Satoru Iwata...
"I always and strictly tell Nintendo employees never to use the term 'success' to describe our own performance. If we call a result of any of our efforts a 'success'... we might apply it as the standard for success for future projects as well, and we could wind up not trying to do better than that or not making something which is very different in nature."
"[Nintendo] aims to create something better than what is already available in the world. We believe this can happen by creating something unprecedented. Since Game & Watch and NES, all the Nintendo hardware has been developed consistently under this philosophy.''
"In the end, [success] all depends on what kind of wonderful entertainment opportunities a hardware platform can provide ...Our efforts have just started here, and we will continue our endeavors."- Nintendo global president, Satoru Iwata
"I always and strictly tell Nintendo employees never to use the term 'success' to describe our own performance. If we call a result of any of our efforts a 'success'... we might apply it as the standard for success for future projects as well, and we could wind up not trying to do better than that or not making something which is very different in nature."
"[Nintendo] aims to create something better than what is already available in the world. We believe this can happen by creating something unprecedented. Since Game & Watch and NES, all the Nintendo hardware has been developed consistently under this philosophy.''
"In the end, [success] all depends on what kind of wonderful entertainment opportunities a hardware platform can provide ...Our efforts have just started here, and we will continue our endeavors."- Nintendo global president, Satoru Iwata