‘President of Video Games’ Reggie Fils-Aimé delivers his State of the Industry address

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Video games are the worlds largest form of entertainment, reaching billions of people every year. Yet the industry is mired in product shortages, delays, and a burgeoning crisis of diversity and inclusion. The industry is in desperate need of leadership to restore order. Enter Reggie.

Reggie Fils-Aimé is one of the most recognizable people in gaming. From the moment he made his public debut on the E3 stage in 2004, declaring his intention to kick ass, take names, and make video games, he’s projected a larger-than-life image that gamers responded to. Since leaving Nintendo in 2019, he’s written the best-selling book Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo, been a judge for Rogue Jam, a reality show focused on indie games, and joined various boards and leadership positions in education and business. Digital Trends had the chance to sit down with Reggie at PAX West to discuss the state of the video games industry and bestow upon him a new title: The President of Video Games.

I want to ask you a hypothetical question. Let’s say you are elected the President of Video Games, and it is now time for your annual State of the Union address. In your eyes, how is the State of the Industry? What should the priorities be that we focus on? 

Well as President of Video Games — and I think I have to take that title and make a business card out of it — but as President of Gaming, first, we need to recognize that video games today are the predominant form of entertainment in the world. In the world, it’s a $200 billion industry, much larger than any other form of entertainment. Three billion people play video games, I mean, just think about that.

It’s a shame that a consumer today that wants a PS5 or an Xbox Series X,