GDC: Iwata Speech Confirmed

There have been reports lately that have indicated Nintendo President Satoru Iwata will be making an appearance at the Game Developers Conference in March to discuss certain details about the Nintendo Revolution. While nothing official has yet to be announced, today another reputable source, Jeux-France, are going so far as to confirm both a date and time for the supposed event, which apparently will take place on March 23 from 10:30am PST to 11:30am PST.

Jeux-France indicates that the speech will consist of a discussion on the success of the Nintendo DS and how the Nintendo Revolution will change things for both players and developers. This information was apparently garnered from the GDC official website, but Jeux-France indicates that the details relating to Iwata’s presence and this speech were withdrawn from the site.

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The GDC website has now posted the official description of Satoru Iwata’s keynote that will take place on the aforementioned date and time. Below is the actual detail of what is expected from the speech. Apparently though, it will primarily focus on the Nintendo DS with perhaps a possibility of mentioning the Revolution:

This year will see the arrival of more new portable and home game systems, and outside attention remains predictably focused on technical specifications and processing muscle. This is not trivial; but also not newsworthy. After all, every new system is more powerful than its predecessor.

Developers know what drives the video game business. It is our work. We are the creators, the innovators, the entertainers. We understand that people who imagine things, even more than the people who engineer them, are the key to reaching players.

Unfortunately, the application of imagination is getting more and more difficult. Larger games require more hours, more manpower, and a lot more money. And as budgets rise, the appetite for risk falls.

As Nintendo has demonstrated with Nintendo DS, our goal is to expand the industry to new players—and to surprise existing players.

In a speech entitled, ”Disrupting Development,” Nintendo President Satoru Iwata will reveal the backstory of how a string of recent disruptive products from Nintendo—the Nintendo DS, the ‘brain-training’ games, and Nintendo WiFi Connection—surprised the market. He will share his thoughts on the role Nintendo’s video game systems will play in expanding the market and widening the possibilities for developers.

Once again, Advanced Media will be live at the GDC to bring you the latest updates on Nintendo and all other developers out there, so be sure to stay tuned for March.