The official title is "Senior VP of Network Business".
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/30895
Nintendo has created and filled a new position titled Senior Vice President of Network Business. The man hired for the job is Duncan Orrell-Jones, a former Senior Vice President for Disney Interactive in Tokyo.
Orrell-Jones will be placed at the forefront of Nintendo's increasing online footprint, helping create a strategy for Nintendo of America's digital strategy. It is unclear if this is referring to both online gaming and also digital distribution.
Maybe they should have hired on an online chef afterall.
At least then Nintendo would be able to make a Fucking risotto. It's RAW! </ramsay>
You know there Current online is awfully raw.Maybe they should have hired on an online chef afterall.
At least then Nintendo would be able to make a Fucking risotto. It's RAW! </ramsay>
Fixed.
Have they hired any more network engineers and programmers? If they have, that's when the real change would be coming, not this dude.
They should have made Reggie the Online Chef. That way he would still be employed by Nintendo, but at the same time he would be in a position where he couldn't fudge things up too badly.
Who's Larry Ellison?Larry Ellison (http://bit.ly/Lb5wvI)
As it stands, Reggie is the best person to ever hold the positions of President and COO of Nintendo of America.
They should have made Reggie the Online Chef. That way he would still be employed by Nintendo, but at the same time he would be in a position where he couldn't fudge things up too badly.
That was more of why would most people know that name sort of question.Who's Larry Ellison?Larry Ellison (http://bit.ly/Lb5wvI)
So you've never heard of Howard Lincoln?He was the Chairman of Nintendo of America. I'm not really sure if Lincoln and Fils-Aime held similar positions, chairman vs. COO. Reggie specifically succeeded Tatsumi Kimishima as president on NOA (succeeding Minoru Arakawa who held that position for nearly 400 years). In any case, people give Reggie **** for not bringing the Operation Rainfall titles over. How many titles did Nintendo of America not bring over back in the 80s and 90s? The ENTIRE Fire Emblem series is a start...
That was more of why would most people know that name sort of question.He's CEO and co-founder of Oracle, one of the largest and most powerful tech companies in the world. I'm sure many people know who he is even if you don't. Furthermore, I don't see why knowing who Larry Ellison is is any different than knowing who Satoru Iwata or Reggie Fils-Aime is.
NOA under his tenure has been nothing but a glorified marketing department
Fire or demote Reggie, whichever works to remove him from the presidency. NOA under his tenure has been nothing but a glorified marketing department and it failed to do even that job properly with the poor E3 showing. His recent comments regarding how "Insatiable" gamers are is completely out of line and out of touch.I wish I could +1 this post. Well said, my friend. I miss the old days ('89 through '98 era - pre Kimishima). It was an awesome time to be a Nintendo fan and gamer.
The Rainfall games are a very different beast to the Fire Emblem games. For one, none of them had been translated into english, Queens or otherwise. NOE at the time didn't really exist. NOAU was an incompetent company called Monaco. Back then budgets were tighter so if NOA didn't do it, they probably couldn't. These days they have effectively unlimited resources for their given task. Now, if Nintendo makes a game, it goes global.
With the Rainfall games, NOE had shown up NOA. NOA response was incompetent flailing. As far as I can tell, Reggie's job is easy as hell. The distribution channels are already there. There is a whole marketing machine ready to go. The office was waiting for him. It wasn't like he had to build an entire network out of warehouse in New York. He doesn't have to recover a market after the crash. All he needed to do was to maintain the status quo and he can't do even that. This is why he needs to go.
