Random: Reggie Fils-Aimé Played A Ton Of GTA During The GameCube Era

And Sony higher ups pretty sure did play games on Nintendo systems.

I guess fun to read Reggie dit play GTA, but not surprising he had to use a different system for it.

I mean I know someone that works at Apple, and his private phone is a Google Pixel. (work phone is obviously a iPhone)

So...? I'm glad Reggie enjoyed a great game series. The PS2 was the last best system from Sony in my eyes, so many great games on it.

Just showed he loves all video games. I don't think it's bizarre.

What's bizarre is waffling over someone enjoying a game on a different system who works for a competitor?

@Rayquaza2510 these places make it sound like the sky is falling. Phil Spencer still plays his Switch, I'm surprised NL has written dozens of articles praising him for it.

@progx THIS

I love the fact these people care about the games and not the system they play it on.

Fanboyism is unhealthy.

Everyone and their mom was playing GTA 3 haha.

Remember that Reggie enetered Nintendo at the twilight of the gamecube. When gta came out, Reggie didn't even have Nintendo on his mind.

It's absolutely silly to believe that people who work for a particular company don't play a competitor's games. At the very least, it's important to keep up with industry trends.

That being said, it would kinda shock me to hear Miyamoto picks up any controller outside of work. The man IS video games; he doesn't need to play them.

Who cares?

So sick of hearing about this guy

Guess this is just one of the weekly articles about a guy who used to work somewhere.

I notice he didn't fall into the GTA remaster/remake/re$$$ cash grab trap it seems though.

Shocking. Not really.
Would love to see future Rockstar games on Nintendo consoles. GTA, Red Dead, Bully ( this gem deserves a sequel) and Max Payne.
Bigger library is a win for everyone.

Reggie played the GBA version probably.. . Wouldn't mind if this was the last reggie message.. he was an averagely succesful marketing director, not a god like miyamoto-san

Still can’t believe GTA V hasn’t been put on Switch yet. LA Noire and the “definitive” trilogy get ports but the one that never stops selling doesn’t? OK

Who didn't? I was like 8 and I also played a lot of GTA at my uncle's.

So did I. Also played Pikmin and Eternal Darkness. Those both on GameCube.

I have never played even a minute of GTA except the Gameboy Advance version.

Sakurai also playes games from other publishers besides Nintendo. Hardly shocking that Reggie does so too. He says a little bit about in his book too, it's hardly surprising he didn't exclusively play Nintendo games. Gamers should just enjoy games for what they are, regardless of the platform they're available on. As long as you're enjoying yourself, right?

@ketrac Bully was on the Wii. It was worth buying twice too. Manhunt 2 was a Wii timed exclusive, but almost got banned due to the motion controls.

Red Dead Redemption will be probably be platform locked to the PS3 and Xbox 360 from its game engine. I agree, I’d love to see more of their games on Switch.

You actually could play GTA on the Gamecube, via playing Grand Theft Auto Advance with the GB Player.

@progx Wii motion controls were the reasons I never bothered with that system. Also, worse versions of those games.

I mean, he could've played GTA: China Town Wars on the DS since then- especially if being busy and console portability was a main constraint for Reg.

I'd actually love a new top-down GTA on the Switch, Chinatown Wars was awesome.

... Wun can only hope.

Watch out, Jim Ryan. Reggie knows what he's doing.

@ketrac how were they worse? It was slightly better graphics than the Gamecube, but more of the same. The motion controls were excellent on those titles too, even if Manhunt 2 was a bit straightforward with its approach 💀

@progx Neither Bully nor Manhunt 2 were released on Gamecube.
Games weren't made with motion control in mind, only added as gimmics for Wii release.

@progx Red Dead 1 is on PS2 it was never released on PS3.

Shame GTA 3 never got ported to GameCube obviously Vice City and San Andreas wouldn't of been able to due to hardware limitations as those where 2-4GB in size so swapping discs every time you swapped city's especially during a mission in a fast paced open world game like GTA would have been too much of a compromise.