I originally titled this thread, "Miyamoto WIRED interview and the Future of Nintendo"

I think Nintendo grew too falsely big with the Wii, thus selling out. Now shareholders want Nintendo to complete change direction. They see Wii as a short-term "fad" and the 3ds as more proof Nintendo needs to copy sony/moneysoft.

STAND TALL SHIGERU. YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT AND THE NINTENDO FANBASE IS A LOT MORE RABID THAN MANY WILL ESTIMATE. NO WAY WILL WE GO THE WAY OF SEGA. MONEYSOFT IS THE CURRENT VIDEO GAME FAD, NOT WII.

Who is we. do you work for nintendo.

We. Diehard Nintendo fans. Who else comes to this message board?

I use CNN.com as my "online newssource" and just saw they had a front-page story up about the Miyamoto retirement rumors.

I also do not think it is normal for someone who basically runs a company that has just gone HUGELY public lately to say he is going to retire, followed by the company releasing a quick rebuttal statement saying he is not retiring, etc. Probably reading too much into it and heck, maybe Nintendo "selling out" and becoming more like sony/redring is the best thing to ensure Nintendo staying independent.....

The thread discussing Miyamoto's retirement/not retirement is here. gamecubefan. Please feel free to post your thoughts there :3