Nintendo COO on Sony’s ‘Fortnite’ crossplay problems

LIZ: WE'VE GOT SOME BREAKING NEWS, AND THE HUGELY PROFITABLE VIDEO GAMING WORLD, SONY STOCK IS FALLING RIGHT NOW, 1 AND A THIRD PERCENT AFTER THE PARENT OF THE PLAYSTATION PRETTY MUCH REFUSING AT THIS HOUR TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS GOT MAJOR CROSS- PLAY PROBLEMS WITH THE HOTTEST GAME ON THE PLANET RIGHT NOW, FORT NIGHT FORT NIGHT WHICH IS ALREADY AVAILABLE FOR SONY'S PLAYSTATION HAS JUST BEEN RECLOSED FOR THE NINTENDO SWITCH, A COMPETING CONSOLE

BUT GAMERS GOT A RUDE AWAKENING WHEN THEY TRIED TO OPEN A FORT NIGHT ACCOUNT FOR SWITCH AND DISCOVERED THEY WERE BLOCKED, LOCKED OUT FROM DOING SO IF THEY ALREADY HAD OPENED A FORT NIGHT ACCOUNT ON SONY'S PLAYSTATION HORRIBLE WELL IT IS, ACTUALLY, IF YOU'RE REALLY INTO THIS THIS IS A HUGE LY POPULAR GAME SONY REMAINED SILENT FOR TWO DAYS AND TODAY A COUPLE HOURS AGO RELEASED A KIND OF BIZARRE STATEMENT WHICH DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE LOCKOUT PROBLEM AT ALL FORTNITE IS A CREATION OF EPIC GAMES WHICH CHINESE MEDIA GIANT CONTROLS THAT STOCK IS UP A QUARTER OF A PERCENT THEY ENCOURAGE CROSS-PLAY, SO DOES NINTENDO SO FANS ARE ABSOLUTELY LIVID WITHç ONE TWEETING "ANNOYD AT SONY PLAYSTATION FOR HOLDING MY FORTNITE ACCOUNT HOSTAGE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS

PRETTY SAD I CAN'T USE A THIRD PARTY LOGIN ON THE SWITCH BECAUSE IT'S LINKED TO PS-4 PATHETIC AT SONY PATHETIC" WELL, NOBODY'S BLAMING NINTENDO SO LET'S BRING IN THE GUY WITH PROBABLY A GOOD ENOUGH SMILE ON HIS FACE OVER THIS NINTENDO'S AMERICA PRESIDENT AND CEO JOINS US LIVE FROM THE BIGGEST VIDEO GAME EXPO IN THE WORLD E3 REGGIE, FORTNITE HAD MORE THAN 2 MILLION DOWNLOADS WITHIN HOURS OF LAUNCHING ON YOUR SWITCH FIRST OFF WHERE DOES THE NUMBER STAND RIGHT NOW BEYOND 2 MILLION >> YOU KNOW, SO LIZ, THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON

WE'VE ANNOUNCED 2 MILLION THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GROW BECAUSE OF THE TIME DIFFERENCE, I DON'T HAVE A CURRENT UPDATE BUT THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO BE VERY STRONG FOR FORTNITE ON SWITCH IT'S DRIVING MOMENTUM FOR US ALL OF OUR OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE ALSO DRIVING MOMENTUM AND RIGHT NOW, OUR FANS ARE VERY EXCITED WITH EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN ANNOUNCED LIZ: WELL THIS IS SO HUGELY POPULAR IN FACT WHEN FORTNITE FIRST CAME I THINK NOW ITS GOT WHAT 125 MILLION PLAYERS , I DO WANT TO ASK, DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER ON HOW MANY DOWNLOADS YOU PREDICT YOU'LL EVENTUALLY GET BEFORE THEY START EVENTUALLY GET BEFORE THEY STARç PLATEAUING? >> WELL, LOOK, FORTNITE IS A HUGELY POPULAR GAME THIS GENRE OF ONE VERSUS A HUNDRED IS VERY VERY POPULAR RIGHT NOW

FORTNITE, THE GAMEPLAY IS REALLY WELL SUITED TO THE NINTENDO SWITCH FOR US, WE'RE THRILLED ABOUT THE MOMENTUM, WE'RE THRILLED THAT WE'RE MATCHING THE MOMENTUM OF A PIECE OF SOFTWARE WITH THE MOMENTUM THAT WE HAVE ON OUR HARDWARE WITH NINTENDO SWITCH WHERE DOES THIS END? FROM OUR STANDPOINT, IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING ITS ONLY BEEN ON OUR SYSTEM FOR TWO DAYS BUT WE THINK THAT FORTN ITE CONTINUES TO HAVE A VERY LONG RUN AND WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE IT ON OUR PLATFORM LIZ: WELL SOME PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING ANTI-TRUST BEHAVIOR AND POINTING THE FINGER NOT AT YOU BUT AT SONY FOR LOCKING OUT ANYBODY WHO ALREADY HAD AN ACCOUNT WITH THEM FOR FORTNITE, AND THEN TRIED TO OPEN ANOTHER ONE ON SWITCH BECAUSE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS GAMERS LIKE TO USE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS AND THE SWITCH IS BECOMING INCREDIBLY POPULAR SINCE ITS LAUNCH LAST YEAR IN MARCH

TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO THIS HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO ANYBODY AT SONY ON THIS? >> THE DECISIONS THAT OUR COMPETITORS MAKE ARE REALLY IN THEIR OWN HANDS WHAT WE CONTROL ARE THE DECISIONS WE MAKE AND FOR US, AT NINTENDO, WE BELIEVE THAT HONORING THE VISION OF A DEVELOPER IN THE CASEç OF EPIC, HONORING THE FANS AND ALLOWING CROSS-PLAY IS REALLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO, SO THAT'S OUR STANCE, HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT IS SOMETHING THEY'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT ON THEIR OWN, BUT FOR US, WE'RE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE WE DRIVE MOMENTUM FOR OUR PRODUCTS, THAT WE SUPPORT DEVELOPERS ON OUR PLATFORM AND AS LONG AS WE DO THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESS ON NINTENDO SWITCH LIZ: OKAY SO THAT'S A NO I'M GUESSING YOU'RE NOT REACHING OUT TO THEM YOU HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO THEM I DO WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT I GUESS WHAT IS REALLY BECOMING THE CHANGING WAY THAT PEOPLE WATCH TV, PLAY GAMES, CONSUME MEDIA, AND ENTERTAINMENT, THIS SWITCH OR THE PLAYSTATION OR THE ASK BOX HAS SORT OF BECOME THE NEW MEDIA HUB IN PEOPLE'S HOMES

NETFLIX IS AN ISSUE, PEOPLE IN THE US AND JAPAN CAN WATCH NETFLIX THROUGH THE NINTENDO, BUT RIGHT NOW, I GUESS THAT'S IT AT SOME POINT, WILL IT BE MADE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY? IS NETFLIX GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THE HANDS OF A LOT OF USER S WHO WANT TO WATCH IT ON SWITCH? WHEN WILL THEY BE ABLE TO? >> YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, FOR THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS WE HAVE TO REFER YOU TO THE FOLKS AT NETFLIX WHAT WE SAID WHEN WE LAUNCHED NINTENDO SWITCH WAS THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE A GAMING FIRST PLATFORM AND THAT'S WHAT WE CREATED AND THAT'S WHAT ENABLED US IN THE FIRST 12 MONTHS UNTHE UNITED STATES TO BE THW BEST SELLING HOME CONSOLE IN THE HISTORY OF VIDEO GAMES RIGHT NOW, WE ENABLE HULU ON THE PLATFORM

WE'VE SAID THAT OTHER SERVICES WILL COME AND DO TIME FOR US WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE DRIVING THE INSTALL BASE FOR NINTENDO SWITCH, CONTINUE TO HAVE GREAT GAMES FOR THE PLATFORM IN TERMS OF WHAT'S NEXT ON THE STREAMING SIDE, YOU'LL HAVE TO TALK TO THOSE INDIVIDUAL PROVIDERS IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY STAND AND WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON LIZ: REGGIE, I'VE ALWAYS SAID YOU'VE GOT THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD I THINK, YOU GET TO PLAY GAMES AND HANG OUT AT THESE EXPOS, AND YOU GET TO BE IN BUSINESS I LOVE IT

COME JOIN US AGAIN AND LET US KNOW HOW IT GOES >> ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU SO MUCH , LIZ

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