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 U.S. 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.