Entrevista a Reggie - Primer juego Online en USA - Pokemon

Mercury News got a chance to speak to Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aime at the D.I.C.E convention and the following is a summary of the interview found below:

* Two thirds of Wii software sales were from third-parties last year
* Regarding Wii surpassing 360 sales: “The question is when, that’s going to be driven by our own sales rate and getting good software released at the right time. It’s clear they are slowing down. It’s not unthinkable to see that next year we could surpass their installed base.”
* Reggie doesn’t feel Playstation 2 is direct competition
* Reggie responds to Bill Gates and his comments on how Wii wasn’t competition to 360, he replied: “When you’re as rich as Bill is, you can say anything. They have done some things that are brilliant at Microsoft. We want to bring gaming back to the masses. Consumers are voting with their wallets and pocketbooks.”
* Regarding criticism about how Wii’s novelty will wear off, Reggie said “I wonder if they saw Zelda? It has 90 hours of game play.”
* Reggie mentions how it is a fact that PS3 inventory is stacking up worldwide because it’s too expensive and doesn’t have the right games.
* Reggie believes Wii Play will driver more sales.
* Reggie believes that Nintendo will “score some points” in the sports area for the first time in a long time with EA’s upcoming games like SSX and Tiger Woods.
* Metroid Prime 3 looks and play excellent and it will end the debate about Wii’s aiming problems.
* Reggie confirms that Pokemon Battle Revolution would be the first online title in the United States. He confirms that online games are coming as development kits have been sent for online.