Why Nintendo Isn't the Next Disney (And What It Will Be Instead) — Naavik

We never wanted to be a big company. We want to be the best company, and it’s easier to try to be the best small company than the best big company. We have to practice self-control. Growth in one part of the company may have to be sacrificed to allow growth in another. It’s also important that we have a clear idea of what the limits are to this “ex

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Nintendo ne produit pas les consoles de jeu de la prochaine génération. » La Wii proposait des jeux extrêmement simples et utilisait la technologie d’une précédente console, mais le contrôle des personnages grâce aux capteurs de mouvements était une révolution. À cause du manque de sophistication de ses composants, on a reproché à la Wii de ne pas

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A lot of companies don’t make it because in the process of trying to get many things right, they don’t get anything right.

Why are they in such a hurry?

A great company is a privilege, and it’s a privilege best earned through a singular product, not a collection of products. Entrepreneurs and creatives think about batches of products —creating an e... See more

When I was in grad school, the unstated assumption in most of what we were taught was that the sole point of a business (or any institution, really) was to grow. To grow, grow, grow, to as large a scale as possible. To build an empire, take over the world. My classmates — tycoons in waiting — lapped it up. “Lifestyle businesses”? Nah! Those were fo... See more