Reggie Fils-Aime Says Nintendo Will Face ‘Significant Challenge’ Transitioning From the Switch
As the gaming industry finds its footing with the ninth generation of consoles, the lingering question in the minds of many fans is how Nintendo will follow up the success of its Switch hybrid console. Former Nintendo of America executive Reggie Fils-Aime believes that following up on the console’s success will be no small task for Nintendo.
Despite stepping down as the president of Nintendo of America in 2019, Reggie Fils-Aime still keeps an eye on the gaming industry and chimes in from time to time with insight and analysis about where the industry is heading. Fils-Aime makes regular appearances at Geoff Keighley's Game Awards and just recently authored a memoir about his time at Nintendo titled Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo.
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In promotion of his new book, Fils-Aime was interviewed at CNET, where he offered his insight about the future of Nintendo and looked back at the history of console successors to predict the company’s upcoming challenges. Fils-Aime’s argument states that, on the whole, major console manufacturers regularly struggle to find success for their new platforms after already having a popular console on the market. The former executive cites Sony’s transition from the PS1 to the PS2 and Nintendo’s transition from the Game Boy to the Nintendo DS as the only instances where these companies managed to find renewed success. Fans can find his full quote below.
“Going from a highly successful platform to the next highly successful platform… you can make the argument that it's only been done a handful of times in the video game industry. Sony, from the original PlayStation to PlayStation 2, clearly went from strength to
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