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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 11: Japanese producer Shigeru Miyamoto, (C) general producer of the video game Pimkin 3 for Wii U, and Super Mario 3d World's director Koichi Hayashida (2nd L) and producer Yoshiyuki Kojima kick off Nintendo's showcase of the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2013 at the Los Angeles Theater on June 11, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands are expected to attend the annual three-day convention to see the latest games and announcements from the gaming industry.
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What happened was that we saw the Wii U was not going to sell enough of those games ... The game is going to be fantastic, and we didn't want those creators to wind up in a position where even after making a fantastic game, they didn't sell well enough. We decided that we had to come out on enough machines that players can try it out on any one that they have, and give more time to both improve the game on the Wii U and create versions for the other consoles.
What happened was that we saw the Wii U was not going to sell enough of those games ... The game is going to be fantastic, and we didn't want those creators to wind up in a position where even after making a fantastic game, they didn't sell well enough. We decided that we had to come out on enough machines that players can try it out on any one that they have, and give more time to both improve the game on the Wii U and create versions for the other consoles.
Our challenge today is with the software lineup we are introducing now, we have to encourage [people] to experience the Wii U in the first place.More quotes »
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