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Nintendo hires Disney vet Duncan Orrell-Jones for new network business job
Nintendo of America announced the creation of a new "senior vice president of Network Business" position this morning, and hired Duncan Orrell-Jones to staff it. Orrell-Jones will "spearhead the development and evolution of Nintendo of America's digital strategy for the company's Nintendo 3DS and Wii U video game systems," as the company describes it. At very least, he'll be the one to point fingers at if the Wii U's eShop isn't to your liking.His last employer was Disney, where he worked on expanding the Disney Interactive games business across multiple platforms outside North America. Orrell-Jones begins the new gig on July 1.Nintendo has been showing a new interest in the online market recently. Most notably, of course, it's planning to sell retail Wii U and 3DS games digitally, but we've also seen promotions and discounts on the 3DS eShop today, something that only happened once in the Wii's lifespan (to date).
