Miyamoto cracks Time's top 100

Interesting desition ....:P

Yeah

Awesome! but why is Second-Life founder on there...

You Rock Shigeru Miyamoto you are the best game maker ever.

Of course the Wii is going to be selling like crazy, it costs $250, if you priced either the 360 or the PS3 at that price, the Wii would be dead in the water. I just have this feeling that the Wii is going to be a fad, it won't just totally disappear but the hype will go away. I mean it really sounds enticing that you can buy a new gaming system for only $250 when the others cost $400 (you can't do **** with the core 360) but to people like me who play a lot of games, after a few hours of swinging the controller around, it gets boring, very boring. And I also have to look at last-gen graphics, which is definitely a huge downfall. When it comes to talking about how its a bunch of things that you already have in one, I can guarantee you that most people dont have a blu-ray player, something that WILL be in most homes in the future. Blu-ray had it's first movie (Casino-Royale) sell over 100,000 copies in only 9 months, two months faster than it took the first DVD to reach the same mark. Also to get what the PS3 has in terms of processing power, a majority of people don't have that in a PC either. Of course it seems like a lot of extra stuff but when you own one, and you have free online play, the ability to store music, photos, movies, download movies, download games, go online, and have soon to be great online system (Home, that looks to be very good, and a potential system seller for the PS3) you have something that is worth way more than only $600. It also doubles as a PS2! Sure some games don't play, but a majority do. Just think, it costs sony $840 just to make the thing and they sell it for $600, and when companies sell things don't they try and make a profit? Basically everyone who has one knows they just got a great deal, and when you look at the line up of games coming out (the ones that aren't even system sellers like KH3, FFXIII, MGS4, GoW3) you know that you made a good choice. If microsoft was smart, they would have made the HD-DVD standard in all their systems. People would have either had to wait for the PS3 or a Wii if they didn't want it but people would have still bought it. It would also have switched how the race between Bluray and HD-DVD is going, which really could have left Sony for dead. And if you really want to get down to price, the only one worth it out of the Wii and 360 is the Wii. The Wii has innovation, a lot of it, while the 360 is just an upgraded last-gen console. It has been stated that Gears of War maxed out on the 360, which is pretty sad because right now we are seeing the best PS2 games not PS3, PS2. So it took them a year to get the best of the 360, where the PS3's power will never be fully exploited. So back to the price point: PS3- Blu-Ray Player, Wifi, 60gb HDD, Card Slots, HDMI, Total =$600 360- System($400) + HD-DVD ($200) + Wireless ($100) + 40 more gigs ($180) with no HDMI = $880 Oh and for all the 360 owners, MS just gave you the shaft with the 360 Elite, because you basically should get a whole new system instead of buying the 120gb HDD for $180, when I can get a MUCH cheaper laptop hard drive for my PS3. Sorry this is so long, I just need some release when all I see is the media bashing the PS3. Every person that I know that has one, loves it and doesn't regret buying it one bit.

"Wow, that's crap, Kojima or Fumito Ueda deserve it so much more than him." ive never heard such blasphemy

I can certainly see how Time would rank Tina Fey ahead of Shigeru Miyamoto...

Wow, that's crap, Kojima or Fumito Ueda deserve it so much more than him.

That man is a living legend. Shiggy obviously, not Kojima

When I was voting for him, he was 3rd place. And Rain was far far deeper. Colbert was first and no one could topple him. What the hell happened? Dane Cook!? Sanjaya Malakar? God, Americans can't read.

the greatest and most influencial man in the gaming industry from 1980's to today till he retires

I read it on Time yesterday. He has a huge photo cover almost two pages... under builder and titan sector. First one up. This guys changed my life *v*

Horray sweet choice. Im sure i speak for alot of video gamers when i say i wish i could be just like him.

Respects go to him. But I beleive this recognition should be for his past efforts. Currently he hasnt done anything impressive.

Go Miyamoto, doing it for the games industry and us gamers :).

American developers could learn a lot from Miyamoto enough said

mario brothers for live!!! LMAO..

he deserves this and so much more

its his world, we just play in it.

If anyone has ever earned it, it's Mr. Miyamoto.

Good for him, finally he gets some respect. Peace

He deserved this long time ago... anyway, finally!

Well, we all knew that it was coming. Great job Mr. Miyamoto, keep up the good work.

Fatality's write up is extremely crummy, you guys should read it.

WOO-- HOO TIME IS TRYING TO PANDER TO A NEW AUDIENCE , THE NINTY FAN BOY. ANOTHER THING FOR MOM TO BUY IN THE MALL FOR THIER 40 YR OLD LOSER SONS ; WHO LIVE IN THEIR BASEMENTS. HMMM INFLUENTIAL--HMMM IF YOU CONSIDER CRUD KIDDIE GAMES, FOR A CRUD KIDDIE SYSTEM INFUENTIAL

good choice

What is this world coming to? On a side note: I hope it wasn't for the Wii cuz that crappy paperweight isn't worthy of being called a next generation console.

congratz......i guess?

I dont think He's "Influential" because he isn't really famous among Society, I have not seen one person in the world saying Miyamoto is the Man!!

didn't realize fatal1ty was big on Nintendo..... nice one Miyamoto-san ... keep up the good work...

Indeed, very well deserved!

Well done Shigeru. He well deserved it :D

Nice!!!!

Miyamoto? Are you fricking kidding me? Everyone knows that Kutaragi should be... Oh, wait! That's about right... Congrats to Shiggy and Tina Fey! =p

Congratulations to Shiggy. He deserves it.

It's very well deserved.

Ya, that written tribute really sucks. It's more about himself than Miyamoto himself. Very disappointing.

Amazing job, Miyamoto. Without him, video games would not exist. Thanks to him, video games are fun and inventive. Truly a revolution in the video game industry.

Congratulations Miyamoto, you definitely deserve it. You help make video gaming great.

A legend like Miyamoto truly deserves an honor such as this.

noice! he deserves it btw

he really is an asset to all of gaming, its ok if you hate nintendo, but this man is one of the people who sparked the revolution of what gaming is now, he does not simply diserve this, he deserves much more. Congrats Miyamoto

Good choice. Nintendo is really responsible for the re-surge in console gaming after the crash in North America, and after many have tried (Atari, Sega, NEC, and possibly soon Sony, etc.) and failed, Nintendo is still going strong.

How much makeup will he wear for the photo? He already wears makeup. It's so obvious. He looks like a mime.

Rain is number 1? Kiefer Sutherland? People just voted for their favourite actor/actress/singer/athelete.... It has nothing to do with influential.

Great for Shiggy. He is an awesome person.

Shiggy ftw ! ^_^

Awesome :)

Yay! Miyamoto's in the top 100!

He deserves it! He is a great mind.