Hilleman acknowledged Nintendo's long history of redefining gaming hardware innovation. "I thank Miyamoto for that," he said at the DICE Europe conference, reports Games Industry.

"But he's falling down on the job," Hilleman added. "And for the past five years that job has been taken over by a dead guy from Cupertino."

But he's falling down on the job," Hilleman added. "And for the past five years that job has been taken over by a dead guy from Cupertino."