>Yamauchi then began to comment on third-party developers, claiming that there are too many that do not have a serious commitment to produce quality software.
>"Software companies have been popping up like flies, and many of them are not helping the industry at all. Our relationships with software companies have changed from those of ten, five, even three years ago, and it will certainly change with this game machine, but I can't say in concrete terms how. We will accept those that want to make games, and once we accept them, we'll talk with them to ensure they don't make poor games," he stated.
>At the end of the interview, Yamauchi turned his attention directly to the competition. He claimed that Sony won the last generation console war due to a large quantity of sub-par development houses producing PlayStation software. He then turned his attention towards Microsoft, who he claimed is throwing money at developers with no guarantee of success.
>"I've been told that Sony won over Nintendo by surrounding itself with software companies, and I will admit that situation was there in the past. However, times have changed, and it's no longer a race to see how many useless companies you can get on your side. There are many people in the industry that know nothing about games. In particular, an American company is trying to do the same thing by engulfing software houses with money, but I don't believe that will go well. It looks like they'll sell their game system next year, but we'll see the answer to that the following year," he explained.
Yamauchi sama, I kneel.