The one and only Reggie steps gracefully into retirement from Nintendo, Xbox ditches the disk drive, and Sony tries to get ahead of the news cycle by getting the word out about the next PlayStation. All this and more on episode 3 of The Emerald GamesCast, a weekly industry news show featuring Emerald news reporter Nolan, and his friends Alex and Andrea.

Sources:

Polygon: "Reggie Fils-Aime retiring from Nintendo" (https://www.polygon.com/2019/2/21/18235072/nintendo-reggie-fils-aime-retires-doug-bowser-president)

Capcom: Capcom Home Arcade

http://capcomhomearcade.com/home

Xbox: Xbox One S All-Digital Edition

https://www.xbox.com/en-us/xbox-one/consoles/xbox-one-s/all-digital-edition

CNN: "China opens the door to Nintendo's Switch and Super Mario"

(https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/tech/nintendo-switch-tencent-china/index.html)

WIRED: "Exclusive: What to Expect From Sony's Next-Gen PlayStation"

(https://www.wired.com/story/exclusive-sony-next-gen-console/)

The Emerald GamesCast is a weekly video game news and discussion podcast with an industry focus. Hosted by three best friends, each episode will provide the listener with a week's worth of gaming headlines and conversation about current releases. Guests welcome, scripts discouraged and passion essential.

Associate Podcast Editor Sararosa Davies produced and edited this podcast. Graphic: Regan Nelson/Emerald. Theme music is "Flamingo (Azureflux Remix)" by Kero Kero Bonito (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kero_Kero_Bonito/Bit_Bops/04_kero_kero_bonito_-_flamingo__azureflux_remix), modified under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).