Ex-PlayStation Dev Gio Corsi Joins Nintendo of America

So, he'll have to rename himself Luigio Corsi now..

Never heard of him...

Whoooooooooo?

It seems he has a pretty good pedigree in getting 3rd party games to run on consoles. I would imagine he is a key part in the transition to the next Nintendo console.

@mereel

Probably due to cellular damage which is no longer being repaired as efficiently as it once was.

Hoping he is helping bring modern ports to Switch 2 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

A Vita-loving Luigi.. sounds great to me

@mereel Well you see, from the moment we are born we go through this process known as "aging." Every human goes through this process, even me and you. You can think of it as a Metamorphosis from being a weak lump of flesh fresh out of the womb, to a fully grown adult with strong bones and muscles. However, it doesn't stop there. Once we become fully grown adults, the aging process continues still. Bones become brittle, skin develops wrinkles, hair loses its color, and this becomes more apparent as the years go on. Eventually, the body will become so weak from the adverse effects of aging that it will no longer be able to function, and this is what we call "death." Death is as inescapable as aging, and everyone will eventually go through this process as well.
Hope that answers your question!

@mereel Don't worry, he's like Benjamin Button. He'll grow younger

Michel Steranka, Pokémon GO director, worked at Playstation too. No wonder that Pokémon GO revenue and players are decreasing month after month.

Nintendo of América work is already awful, and now we have another person from playstation working there.

sigh.

Mr. Ambassador!

I'm not familiar with the guy, but I agree with him on the PS Vita. Great portable system!

@Servbot_EJ Unrelated but I like your PFP!

I'll have to wait and see. I'm glad he likes the Vita (cuz Sony absolutely shat on suck a great console), I'm just always gonna be skeptical about someone coming to Nintendo from Sony. I already have my issues with the Localizers on NoA, and seeing what Sony has become in the current generation, the last thing I want is to Nintendo to become like them.

@Rozetta I can see that explaining why the absolutely destroyed the female character model and made her look like a dude.

So if anyone doesent know. This man was partially responsible for bringing Yakuza over to the west! So this man has my full respect for that. Probably going to benefit Nintendo alot.

He convinced Sega that Yakuza would do well In the west and he was right. I cant imagine life without Yakuza. Such a legendary game series.

@mereel Wtf question is that xD

@mereel why are you so rude?

"When he announced his departure back in 2019, he signed off by stating 'It was a hell of a ride! Thanks for it all & long love the Vita!'."

(question: why not an amazing journey (or a heavenly experience))

@CaleBoi25

"PFP"?

I'm sure dude does good work, but is the only reason why this is news bc he used to work with Playstation? Unless I missed it the only notable thing about his tenure seems to be advocating for the Vita sooooo why should we care?

Well, good skills in bringing us the next batch of 'proven third party titles'. I hope he likes Soul Calibur and Shenmue...

@Mario500 "PFP" = "Profile Picture"

@GrailUK funny you mention that because he's one of the main reasons Shenmue 3 was presented during Playstaion's E3 and why it was made a PS4 exclusive.

Isn’t that the ace of cakes guy? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Great news for third party titles coming to Switch 2.

Gio Corsi rules. He’s always been one of my favorites in the PlayStation world.

Huge get. This man is responsible for so many amazing third-party releases and deals on PlayStation. I followed him for years and this is only going to be a big thing for Switch 2.

@KayFiOS
😅 best reply of the day 😂

Let's go! Get more 3rd party games on the next Switch.

@BlublacMH Well, considering PlayStation is probably Nintendo's biggest rival right now on the console market, it's pretty big news. It's practically unheard of for the executive from one of the major game companies to jump ship to a rival business, as far as I am aware.

It also says to me that Sony might not be in as good of a position as they make themselves out to be (especially considering they are currently over $31 billion in debt, to the point where they don't even crack the Top 300 Richest Companies In Japan, whereas Nintendo is currently #1 in that ranking, with zero debt to their name and over $11 billion in cash and cash equivalents).

Heck, as it is, the PS5 has sold around 50 million units, making it their worst-selling home console so far (only the Vita has sold worse), and they say the console is nearing the end of its life cycle. Compare that to the Switch, which is the third-best-selling console of all time, behind only the DS and the PS2.

I'm not a betting person, but at this rate, we're more likely to see Sony pull out of the console market before Nintendo does. We'll see if they can turn things around with the PS6, but that's contingent on how expensive the base console is, especially compared to Nintendo's successor to the Switch.

@mereel He's the one on the left in the photo. Also if you think he's too old hopefully you don't look into the people that are making games.

Besides his work on the Vita, Corsi is also known for his help in getting Yakuza/Like a Dragon's presence in the west.

Good for him to join NoA I guess, hope he has a good time.

He's here to get that next-gen Virtual Boy project greenlit at last, right? Right???

Sounds odds and usually that means something is in the works for some time and new fresh minds bring in new concepts but we won't see fruits of this labor probably in 5 years we will hear more about this.

@BlublacMH
He was also one of the big advocates for the Yakuza series and convinced Sega and Sony to give it another try in the West. If his connections can get that series on Switch 2, that's a big deal. Probably a long shot but this is the best chance of that happening now.

so that means Nintendo Switch e future Nintendo consoles, might have a much stronger third party suport?

@Giancarlothomaz
Probably not but there's a better chance now than there was before.

Since Corsi was (at least partially) responsible for convincing Sega/RGG to localize Yakuza for the west, one has to wonder if he will convince them to port those games to Switch/Switch 2 lol

@Olliemar28 hi