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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Reggie: Kudos To PS4 and XB1 Launch Then Calls Them “Pretty Hardware” Says “You Need Games”

During the VGX 2013 live show Nintendo of America honcho Reggie Fils-Aime walked on stage to bring a demo of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and was asked quite bluntly his opinion on the PS4 and Xbox One.

His response was quite mild at the beginning, congratulating the rivals for their launch, but right after he threw down the gauntlet of challenge.

This industry loves brand new hardware and anything that’s good for the industry is good for Nintendo, so you know, they’re having a fantastic launch, kudos to them.

This industry is all about what happens six months down the road, what happens a year down the road.

Host Joel McHale immediately tried to egg him on, asking “So you’re here to kick their ass?” Reggie kept his cool, but didn’t hesitate to throw a few jabs, expressing his opinion on Nintendo’s strong position on the market.

You know? You said that.

For us, what we love to do is to bring great new games, innovative gameplay, that’s what Nintendo’s known for, and as long as we do that, we’re gonna drive our hardware business. We’re seeing that right now with 3DS and we’re seeing it right now with Wii U as well, on the backs of Super Mario 3D world.

3D World is doing quite well here in this market, so that’s wonderful to see. We love to see all the articles that have come out saying that for this holiday Wii U is the system to get. That’s come out by Times, by Forbes and a variety of different outlets

What people recognize is that having pretty hardware is one thing, but you need games, and right now we’ve got some of the top rated games on our system, and it’s games that you can’t play anywhere else, so yeah, we’re feeling very good about where we are.

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Yes and the x1 ps4 library will eclipse the one of the wii u.



If he means quantity of games then he's talking out of his ass and they will obviously have that, if he means quality games then he has a point since all 4 top rated exclusives are all on the Wii U.



Reggie is now captain obvious. They have games coming in spades.



im surprised he didnt say they need an elderly gorilla on a pogo stick



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What he really means is cranky kong will sell more units than halo5, titan fall, GTA series, uncharted 4, Forza, and GT series combined.



pezus said:
Ironic. Coming off the back of one of the longest software draughts in recent memory.


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Although 3D world is amazing, the Wii U needs a lot more of that to counter the hype of the Xbone and Ps4. 



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I hope that was just PR talk and Reggie doesn't honestly believe the WiiU is doing well. 3D World has done very little for the WiiU. It barely bumped hardware sales in Japan, and got outsold by Knack in the UK. And I think it's pretty hypocritical of Reggie to say the PS4 and XBO won't have games considering the massive drought the WiiU just went through. Hell both the PS4 and Xbone will have their system sellers in March, only four months after launch. The WiiU won't get it's big system seller until Smash Bros.



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KingdomHeartsFan said:

If he means quantity of games then he's talking out of his ass and they will obviously have that, if he means quality games then he has a point since all 4 top rated exclusives are all on the Wii U.

WiiU has been out for a year and PS4 and XBone only have launch titles?



Fusioncode said:
I hope that was just PR talk and Reggie doesn't honestly believe the WiiU is doing well. 3D World has done very little for the WiiU. It barely bumped hardware sales in Japan, and got outsold by Knack in the UK. And I think it's pretty hypocritical of Reggie to say the PS4 and XBO won't have games considering the massive drought the WiiU just went through. Hell both the PS4 and Xbone will have their system sellers in March, only four months after launch. The WiiU won't get it's big system seller until Smash Bros.


It's not really hypocritical, it actually proves his point even more.  No games came out for Wii U = No Sales.   What are the system sellers for Xbone/PS4 exactly.  Titanfall looks cool but new IP's rarely sell well and it is aimed at the same audience that have already bought Xbones. Infamous 1 and 2 combined sold only 4 million.  Donkey Kong isn't even considered a huge title and it moved 6 million.  Heres a good comparison actually.   Wii Music sold 3.2 million while Infamous 2 sold 1.6 million.  Yea system seller.