Reggie owned an Xbox and PS2 when he interviewed for Nintendo, but not a GameCube

Reggie Fils-Aime has talked a lot about how he enjoyed Nintendo's titles prior to joining up with the company in 2003. Reggie talked about his experiences with the SNES and N64, but oddly enough, not the GameCube. Ever wonder why that is? Turns out the big guy didn't even own a GameCube when he interviewed for Nintendo! See Reggie comment on the situation in a snippet from the Present Value podcast below.

So in 2003, the marketplace on the home console side was comprised of Nintendo’s GameCube, Xbox had just entered the market during that generation, and Sony had their PlayStation 2. And on a global marketplace, PlayStation 2 was dominating the market. GameCube and Microsoft Xbox (were) about the same stuff, so for a company used to dominating the home console space, Nintendo was in an uncomfortable position. …

I knew Nintendo; I knew its franchises. I owned not only a Super NES but a Nintendo 64. I’d owned a PlayStation 2; I owned an Xbox — they were all in my house. Interestingly, at the time I was interviewing with Nintendo, I did not own a GameCube. So, as a consumer, I could see issues and opportunities. I could have a sense of where the needs were not only from a sales and marketing perspective, which was the role I was being hired into, but just from an overall perspective.