Pikimal: Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo’s always lovable President of its America division spoke to Stephen Totilo about gamer reactions to the Wii U and its associated titles recently and, well, it’s causing quite a stir. He rails on audience expectations and reactions to Nintendo’s actions, describing gamers as being impossible to please. While some can argue he’s got a point, the bigger issue is that he seems to be listening to all sides at once and losing who’s saying what when and why.
Show organizers ReedPop and Penny Arcade announced that PAX West 2023 will have a keynote speaker famous within the gaming industry.
Reggie is actually a creative marketing manager. He is the real deal. I think the guy might even be above average in the sales department. He got people to accept cheaply made products for extremely high prices and not only accept the situation but to defend him in a way to make sure their favorite sales manager gets rich, and on top of all of this, he kept the pop-culture train rolling. The dude is a true hustler.
because the majority of people who buy nintendo products know Reggie....you're one of the most pathetic fanboys I've seen in a good while. Always ready to shit on everything non-Sony and when sony controller ports fuck up at EVO no one is allowed to report on it...just sad.
@Atarax
It's a compliment. I highlighted all the stuff he excelled at, which is more than most execs in gaming.
You know that I wasn't talking about your compliments about Reggie. I don't get how you don't get tired of constantly shitting on other platforms, shills like you is honestly why I don't visit this site anymore.
"You know that I wasn't talking about your compliments about Reggie. I don't get how you don't get tired of constantly shitting on other platforms, shills like you is honestly why I don't visit this site anymore."
I'll just leave that here. My advice still stands.
Recent stats show that VR will be niche for years to come. Here's why VR gaming shouldn't be afraid to be niche.
My wife who generally hates games has taken over my PS5 for last couple days to play PSVR2 when she is home . Now I have to go get another PS5 at least .
From VGC: "Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé has cautioned fans not to expect further releases in the Earthbound series in the near future.
Mother – or Earthbound, as it’s known in the West – saw its third instalment released on the Game Boy Advance in Japan over 15 years ago, but despite persistent requests from fan groups it has never received an official English release.
The Earthbound series received renewed attention in February after Nintendo announced that both Earthbound and its predecessor Earthbound Beginnings (aka Mother) would be added to Switch Online’s SNES and NES apps."
He would happily suggest buying a NFT of Ness though. Thank God he is a semi-retired mouthpiece.
This was a very true article actually. Gaming websites and critics and fans are critizing Nintendo left and right and they perform well to the task they have.
It does put out a rather interesting point that the online gaming perception is no where near the consumer base thinks. For example, many gamers feel Nintendo lacks "hardcore games": the general population says Mario, Zelda, SSB is hardcore enough.
Reggie Love,
Its the core gamers that helped make the "Nintendo" brand. When you decide to completely change the market you want to aim for and use the brand we helped you make to sell million of copies of "crap", then dont you dare use these numbers to prove your point. Clear enough?
i think reggie looks like a serial killer, or at the very least Frankenstein's monster. hell give him some green face paint and he'd look like Herman Munster.
Great article. Even though the wii is first this gen in consoles sold, I put it last. The fade of motion control helped the wii sell. I also like the fact that it points out just because you sell a ton of games doesn't make it the best game.
That's how I feel about the COD/MW franchise vs Battlefield. Activision rehashes the same game every year, and people rush to get it.
Wii U has it's work cut out for it. All the little kids that bought the wii are not little kids anymore. I don't believe Nintendo can create lightning in the bottle again next gen.
I think the PS3 has the best console this gen followed by the 360.