Here is the quote from the interview. Shigeru Miyamoto "What we have created are not art but products. For us, the most important are the customers and not games themselves. I always tell staff to call Nintendo games products, not art."
Source (in Japanese) http://gamez.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/0910/27/news082_3.html
kamikaze135 Posted 11/25/2012 2:55:22 PM
Video games aren't art. --- This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time -Tyler Durden
AhnoldDood Posted 11/25/2012 2:55:38 PM
Well at least he's not full of himself.
wingo84 Posted 11/25/2012 2:56:26 PM
kamikaze135 posted...
Video games aren't art.
Art is subjective. Therefore what qualifies as art is subjective. --- Playing Skyward Sword Sponsor My Movember http://mobro.co/philwing
Kiro_nami Posted 11/25/2012 2:58:11 PM
Aren't Japanese people really humble? --- "If you wanna' be a genius just say everything stinks, then you can never be wrong!" - Wilbur H. Cobb
gumbyxcore99 Posted 11/25/2012 3:00:14 PM
you dont see me going into the videogame section at walmart being like "i'd like to buy some art please" --- Nintendo Defense Force (Wii U Division) Since 11/25/12 Join the fight!
Great_Pudding_3 Posted 11/25/2012 3:02:12 PM
Who says I'd like to buy some art please anywhere. --- Stu, what are you doing?
21_21 Posted 11/25/2012 3:03:42 PM
Looks like someone's life has been a lie this whole time...
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/120/409/gaben%20stares%20into%20your%20soul.png?1304621076 --- Currently playing: 999, Super Robot Taisen OG Endless Saga, and Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd you steal our garbage!?
Biggs Yamato Posted 11/25/2012 3:05:24 PM
Great_Pudding_3 posted...
Who says I'd like to buy some art please anywhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQVnRKIpzAU --- PSN: Lodrak I hear Duke Nukem Forever is coming out today, Japan Time! - Singapore
Silent Sniper IV Posted 11/25/2012 3:05:29 PM
Great_Pudding_3 posted...
Who says I'd like to buy some art please anywhere.
Gamefaqs posters --- "Nerd" and "gamer" have become the ultimate consumerist identity. Completely devoid of values outside of consumption without reflection.