Reggie Fils-Aimé Recalls The Phone Call That Broke Nintendo And Amazon’s Relationship

“You’re not going to push me around”.

Nintendo of America’s former president, Reggie Fils-Aimè, has described how a request for “an obscene amount of support” from Amazon during the Wii and DS era ultimately led to the withdrawal of both systems from sale on the site.

Speaking at the NYU Game Centre lecture series (thanks, Eurogamer), File-Aimé states that an Amazon executive spoke with him to request enough financial support so that the company could undercut the likes of Walmart on price.

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