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[Moonface]

If we didn't have multiple threads for Nintendo movies I'd have probably put this in one of those, but apparently in a recent interview Shigeru Miyamoto said that "games eventually stop running when newer versions come out, but films remain forever" when asked about his views on Nintendo's recent foray into movies. I just wanted to share it because I feel like it's such a purposefully tone deaf thing to say; technically, he isn't wrong that older games stop running but Nintendo can preserve any first party game they want to and offer it on current consoles, so movies are only solving that problem if Nintendo opts to still be difficult about buying their old games on current systems and goes after emulators that provide what Nintendo doesn't want to offer.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Turns out the translated quote from Miyamoto was incorrect and actually two separate parts of what he said spliced together to create a completely different message than what he actually said: 

Miyamoto told Nintendo Dream "Ultimately what people remember are the IPs. Games become obsolete when new versions come out. But that's incredibly sad." He continued, "We started video production partly because of that sadness – seeing our creations become playable only on Virtual Console."

Miyamoto continues "There's a limit to what you can do if you make them playable in a museum, but videos will remain forever," saying that "I always say that my theme is 'creating reasons for people to choose Nintendo.'"

Source: GamesRadar+

Irksome that what I originally shared was purposefully being misconstrued, although I will say that it wouldn't surprise me for Nintendo to actually have that outlook because they do certainly make some decisions that can be puzzling.