Reggie Fils-Aime Disappointed By E3 Transformation News, But Wants It To Be A Digital Show
Former Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has shared his thoughts on the E3 2021 plan that was recently leaked–and he’s not very excited about it.
In an interview with GamerTag Radio, Fils-Aime said the ESA–which organizes E3 every year–is on the right track by making E3 2021 a digital show. However, the nature in which it has been described so far leaves a lot to be desired in Fils-Aime’s eyes. As the president of Nintendo of America, Fils-Aime sat at the table and worked alongside his industry peers to discuss a plan for E3, but he no longer works at Nintendo and is outside of those conversations. Still, Fils-Aime said he has a number of ideas for how E3 2021 could go ahead as a digital show, with publishers and fans alike getting something good out of it.
“I think that E3 as an event and a moment in time where new content is shared and celebrated, I think that is truly magical for the global games business,” he said. “I saw the same [leaked E3 2021 plans], and look, I’m outside of those meetings, I’m outside of the discussions, but I have to say: what I read, to me, doesn’t sound all that compelling. If I were king for a day, I’ll tell ya how I would do it. I do think doing this digitally is absolutely right, and the reason for that is, there is more than the 60,000 people who would typically attend an E3, there are millions more interested in finding out what’s going on.”
A key part of what makes E3 a compelling show–at least in recent years when fans were allowed in–is that it serves as the first opportunity for fans to try out new games. How can they do that from home? Fils-Aime doesn’t have an answer, but that’s something the publishers would be smart to develop a plan for, he said.
“Executing an event digitally is way to bring that to life. So that’s the right track. Having said that, I think that the platform-holders need to find a way digitally to enable their fans, their players, to experience the content,” Fils-Aime said. “That’s the key for E3. The ability to be playing the Last of Us Part 3 for the first time. Or to play that next Breath of the Wild game for the first time. Or to play the next great game coming from the new amalgamation of all of the new Xbox studios. To play for the first time is what’s magical. The platform-holders need to figure out how to deliver that experience to their fans, during an E3-like digital experience. I think that would be huge. What I’ve read [about E3 2021] doesn’t go down that path.”Come from Sports betting site VPbet
Former Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has shared his thoughts on the E3 2021 plan that was recently leaked–and he’s not very excited about it.
In an interview with GamerTag Radio, Fils-Aime said the ESA–which organizes E3 every year–is on the right track by making E3 2021 a digital show. However, the nature in which it has been described so far leaves a lot to be desired in Fils-Aime’s eyes. As the president of Nintendo of America, Fils-Aime sat at the table and worked alongside his industry peers to discuss a plan for E3, but he no longer works at Nintendo and is outside of those conversations. Still, Fils-Aime said he has a number of ideas for how E3 2021 could go ahead as a digital show, with publishers and fans alike getting something good out of it.
“I thi…