3 Big NOA Officials Leaving Nintendo

[Anthony]

Now that the June deadline date for Nintendo of America staff has reared its head, the fallout from Nintendo?s Sales and Marketing move has been leaked. According to our sources, approximately 90% of the Nintendo of America Sales and Marketing Staff has decided not to make the move to either San Francisco or New York, thereby taking a severance and leaving the company.

Three key executives will be leaving Nintendo of America, including Senior Director of Public Relations Beth Llewelyn; Vice President, Marking and Corporate Affairs Perrin Kaplan; and Senior Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Communications George Harrison. When these three will actually depart the company is unknown at this time, however, we?re betting on the fact that they?ll stay with Nintendo of America until the upcoming E3 show is over.

http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/DBDBAA74-D8AD-4175-8286-3E54EB0494F1.htm

Im not sure how this may effect Nintendo. Maybe with their new found money, if it isnt all spent on this relocation they are doing maybe they can get better people in? All I know is I dont care Kaplan is gone.

[icarus]

Kaplan seemed arrogant and uninformed most of the time, so I'm not too worried about that, but George Harrison as well has having a freaking cool name (I'm a Beatles fan) seemed to know what he was talking about. Though, I only know them through their quotes and public actions, and not through other campaigns and projects they may have achieved.

It looks at first a major problem at Nintendo, but then again perhaps its a great opportunity to get some fresh faces on the sales, marketing and PR front.

[Evil]

i'll take one of the positions...

[Anthony]

i'll take one of the positions...

You and every Nintendo fan in the world

Is anyone familar with what we can credit those officials for? I mean, it seems like it is no loss at all but they must have been responsible for something positive, particularly lately with Nintendos turn around.

[icarus]

I guess we only know them through the PR work that they have done for people within the industry (videogame journalists etc) and not really the more crucial work they have done behind the scenes. I know that Harrison and Kaplan have both been at Nintendo for around 15 years each. So it's difficult to tell if they had much influence over Nintendo's turnaround.

[lameboyadvance]

...Whats this about a relocation? 

[Anthony]

...Whats this about a relocation? 

What internet do you use?