Yamauchi says he will (or wants to) retire before summer. He also stated that nintendo would be run by a board rather then just him. Of coarse nintendo already has one, but he is still the one who makes the choices. This time it would be that they all agree on things.
I like how PGC puts it:
Without Hiroshi Yamauchi’s strong leadership, Nintendo would not be the company it is today. I honestly don’t think any one person could replace him, so Nintendo being run by a group may be for the best. I also love the idea of the developer fund and am interested to see what talent and fresh ideas are uncovered as a result of it.
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