Random: Xbox Legend Major Nelson Visits Nintendo

Crosses the street from MS to Nintendo

“So… I heard you don’t have achievements yet”

Xbox game pass on Switch? 🤔

If he wasn’t working for Microsoft anymore, why would it be related to gamepass on switch ( or anything else Xbox related.) Maybe he could be taking a position with Nintendo?

New fzero game confirmed😱

I knew it. Microsoft are buying Nintendo. It's over guys, sorry

I’m a bit oblivious i think, but who is this guy and what has he done for Xbox?

Doesn’t he have a podcast? I think it’s more likely to do with that instead of going to work for Nintendo and tell them how to get customers like XBox does.

XBOX Series X doesn't have something special anymore.
No Kinect games, No BC with DDR Ultramix + DDR UNIVERSE = No buy.

friendly, I think he invented the Xbox

Is the misspelled surname part of some sort of a cryptic message, a clue of sort?😉 I’m pretty certain they’d know how to spell his surname at Nintendo.

So he worked in global PR and Marketing for XBOX and Nintendo might have something coming soon in need of global PR and Marketing...does anyone know who runs that today?

After the disaster of launching the Wii U where people were confused about it being a Wii accessory...is this the guy to help them get it right?

Nintendo of America could use a facelift in their PR department. Everything shrinked back to corporate.

Nintendo have a visitor maybe he only wants to visit Nintendo and see how it is in Nintendo but on the other hand İ do not think so. İt can be something with games to the reason.

I haven't heard of him before but looks like they misspelled his surname on the guest pass?

@Sequel Unless Nintendo found themselves that strapped for cash (and they aren't, not even during the Wii U era), they would never allow themselves to be bought out by a rival company, no matter how friendly they were with them.

More than likely, they would go the way of Sega and be a purely third-party developer. That way, they can still retain the personnel that runs the company and (most importantly) creative control over their IP, without a parent company or the parent company's shareholders telling them what to do and how to do it.

But with the wildfire success of the Switch, Nintendo appears to be in a good position for a long while. We don't know what their next system will be like, much less whether it will be successful as the Switch, the Wii, the DS, or the Game Boy/Game Boy Color line, but hopefully it will also sell well.

@ModdedInkling I do not disagree. But we have to remember that while one branch of Nintendo may try to maintain good public relations, especially when it comes to copyright, other branches of the company may not.

For example, when YouTuber Angry Joe wanted to stream some Nintendo games a few years ago, Nintendo of America said it was okay, and to go ahead. But then Nintendo of Japan swooped in and basically said, "We're taking all of your ad revenue due to copyright infringement."

The thing is, under American copyright law, those videos would have been protected under Fair Use, but Japanese copyright law does not allow for that. And since the Japanese branch is the main branch, they get the final say. The American branch, being the subsidiary, has no choice but to go along with it.

The only thing to read from this is that this dude is desperate for attention.

Everybody loves Nintendo.

Deal with it.

Larry is a great guy, very passionate of gaming and very wholesome. Would be a good fit for Nintendo, when they will deal with Activision in the future.

Well, nothing to see here until proven otherwise

Wonder whatever happened to Trixie360?

@ModdedInkling that was a good thing for nintendo to do that.
These days pr and social media is just a hellhole of personal stuff screwing up games.

@ShinG67 isn’t that Steve Jobs? 🤔

@SalvorHardin He enjoys engaging with his followers and caters directly to them, but he is perfectly confident in his own shoes without needing anyone else’s approval.

@AstroTheGamosian Nintendo hasn't done that in years, as long as you follow the terms of service (and you will if you value your channel). For instance, since 2015 I've recorded and uploaded 49,739 monetized Nintendo 1st party gameplay videos to my channel and I've never heard a single peep from Nintendo regarding any of that. The only people making claims on my videos are from scam artists at music companies, such as Sony, who claim to own the rights to Super Mario Bros. music, but they're always easy to dispute and win.

Metroid 4 coming on 21st confirmed !

If this guy was interviewing for a job at Nintendo he would not be announcing it like this. 😂

Saying goodbye to friends, maybe picking up some swag souvenirs, that's about it. 🤷‍♂️

For people like this who are savvy about PR, anything put on social media is there for a reason. The illusion of “authenticity” or that you have any real access to the lives of public figures is artificially constructed and always serves some purpose. This guy knows what he’s doing, so what is the purpose behind it? It’s possible he’s just impishly teasing people for his own amusement, knowing they’ll read a bunch of stuff into it. But I think it’s at least equally reasonable to assume that this is part of a transition which they are preparing people for.

why Major Nelson is at Nintendo? could be related to the 10 year deal Microsoft did with Nintendo?

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I legit have never heard of this guy until right now, but if he's that influential...neat! Hope something substantial comes of his visit.

This can only mean a thousand year door remake for switch, yay!

@Sequel MS buying Nintendo would be the worst thing that could happen. Luckily Nintendo know that and would never let it!

Love your avatar though from one of the best games ever lol

@Friendly From the article: he has been "the senior director of corporate communications" for over 20 years, and has "worked on global PR and marketing launches of games & more" for the company.

@Anti-Matter

I know you were joking or I would hope so but sadly, you are also right. Series S & X has nothing the PS5 & PC can't do while XBox 360 & One had things no other system had....though much of it was crap nobody want but it still was something. I didn't buy an XBox this generation because they have nothing to offer me, not even exclusive games to the hardware.

I haven’t heard or thought of this guy in many years.

So, no. Not really excited.

@Giancarlothomaz
Larry Hyrb just recently retired from Microsoft.

And even if he hadn't retired, he has nothing to do with Microsoft's 10 year deal with Nintendo, which relates to porting Call of Duty to Nintendo platforms once Microsoft completes their acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

@westman98 is not just Call of Duty in future Nintendo consoles, but also future Activision Blizzard games

https://exputer.com/news/industry/nintendo-microsoft-all-activision-games/

I’m not aware who this gentleman is, as I don’t follow the industry side of gaming, pretty hard to be excited by the activities of a PR guy.

@Giancarlothomaz
No, that was misinterpreted. The 10-year deal between Microsoft and Nintendo only applies to Call of Duty.

And regardless, that has nothing to do with Larry Hryb/Major Nelson who is no longer a Microsoft/Xbox employee.

@datamonkey Thanks! And yes I agree would be dire haha

@MarioBrickLayer Microsoft isn't too much better. A lot of people have trouble telling Xbox One S, Xbox Series X, Xbox One X and Xbox Series S apart.

@BlocksGamingReviews i think the article got edited

Hope he had a good tour.

Labelling anyone an 'Xbox Legend' has the distinct whiff of damning with faint praise about it

He’s completely lost faith in Xbox like most of us

@MarioBrickLayer you might be on to something... SwitchU?

He's legit the only face in gaming I recognize. You guys would post articles about Nintendo people leaving some show or another and most of the comments were "who?". Major Nelson is a legend for being an actual fan of Xbox and not some fake paid shill.

Conspiracy/theory from me:
He left because of Microsoft's major culture change and acquisitions. He might be joining Nintendo. I don't see him leaving a major gaming company. Nintendo would love to have him, and he'd love to be there. He could eventually be the next Reggie.

@kfflscnt
I disagree on the basis that it was a good thing to remove it entirely. Nintendo was still very corporate with their PR during the "Iwata-Reggie era" but it was just enough for fans to actually be tolerant of the many terrible decisions Nintendo has made. Their PR policy is still very different from most other companies, even if they kept those standards today.

@AstroTheGamosian
If you're familiar with the Kit & Krysta Podcast, issues like that were the result of poor management and lack of communication.

A lot of the times, NoA tries to maintain constant communication with NCL (Japan) to ensure the guidelines are consistent, but there's the occasional slip-up that happens. NoA also had a lot of reorganization involved in order to get their content creator stuff organized.

So he's a fella that feels he needs to do a click bait advert about his visit. And he also seems to have had something to do with the marketing of xbox in Japan.

I'll just move on from here now ......

@ModdedInkling In all fairness, I think those problems pervade most businesses, namely the lack of communication. As much as I am happy with the place I work now, lack of proper communication from the big bosses, down to the supervisors, down to to team leads, and finally down to the rank-and-file workers is a perennial issue.

@Nintendo_Thumb I always find it hilarious that Sony keeps pulling this stuff. Like, what's their motive here? Are they trying to squeeze out the competition in the video game market? I know they aren't on the best of terms with Nintendo since the early 1990s, but still, that's just a bridge too far, and really makes me dislike their business practices even more.

@burgerkingsauce love that album in your avatar

@AstroTheGamosian I doubt it's related to video games, more of a scheme that lots of music companies do where they claim to own the rights to music that they don't own the rights to. Many Youtubers don't know their rights or aren't big enough to be monetized, so they just let anyone get away with anything. Then the actual artists, that grant rights to record their product they don't have any way to report this or do anything about it, so all anyone can do is dispute. These companies should all be sued for copyright infringement, but since they won't, they'll just carry on stealing from anyone they can.

He probably had a job interview, but unfortunately was unsuccessful in achieving the role that they are looking for.

@CutchuSlow I mean, it isn't impossible, but "probably"? It's quite unlikely if anything.

This is just a visit like he said. DONE. It's a common courtesy from one professional to another. He's done at Microsoft Xbox and just saying goodbye to a respected competitor.

@Ihavenoskin thank you! It’s my favourite album and band : )

@Liam_Doolan i see, thanks!

@Switch_Pro lol I was kidding haha