[TheGameBusiness] Reggie Fils-Aimé: "Nintendo will never position itself as a direct competitor to PlayStation”

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i dont know. console manufacturers sure, but im pretty sure sega and namco have characters that rival mario

SquareEnix and BandaiNamco for sure have characters that could rival Mario. It's just the format is never as clean or crisp as it is for SMB.

Sega needs to find a way to make Sonic's speed not so restrictive in terms of gameplay.

Bandai needs to release Gundam:Troy or give me a legit sequel to Gundam Side Story.

Somehow Square still hasn't given me a Zelda-esque Final Fantasy and that's blowing my mind.

are we trying to argue that it wouldn't be better if Nintendo had more competition?

Nintendo is the JayZ of consoles. It competes with itself.