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theprof00 on 08 September 2009
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Soriku said:
theprof00 said:
What can they do? The main complaint about the console has been the lack of what people call "hardcore" or "past core" games (games that were mainstream in the past).

Unless they have a bunch of those games coming out, I really don't think a price drop will do much except lower the perceived value of the system.

Wii fit + may potentially be big for them along with a couple other "non-games" because their biggest supporters this gen have been traditionally non-gamers, and professionals who don't have time to game. The more pressure that Nintendo feels, the more they are going to target those demographics... vitality sensor, wii fit +, WSR and so on.


The same way the 360 Arcade $200 price and the $300 Slim lower the value of the 360 and PS3? You act like that amount of money is nothing. The PS2 is $99 and is still selling BECAUSE of its library. Pretty sure consumers don't think value is lost when most consumers think the Wii has the best library just looking at sales.

They don't need core games to boost sales in the West, really. The Wii's huge with games like WFP+ and NSMB Wii alone. In Japan it's not the case though, and they have a monster Japanese lineup coming.

The thing is, the Wii is already more than worth the 250. To the average family, even if it was 50$ too much for a budget, the average game console over the last 10 years has been about 200.

For a concept as novel and family/health oriented as the wii's motion control, the 250$ is already worth it to parents and singles. 50$ will not change much. New ideas and new directions is what will attract more customers. To do that, they will do what they've always done. Introduce novelty. Change the colors, use new bundles, new ways to interact. They've barely even tried any new colors... so I don't think any price drop is imminent.

As for lowering the perceived value. I didn't really mean it would do that. I only meant that a price drop would be so insignificant that it would be analogous to a slight negative. It was a bad metaphor. I think it would get a slight bump, and maybe only decline slightly over last Xmas.

A better idea would be to change the colors and bundle with wii fit+ and have another bundle with NSMB and two controllers. That way they will only be losing maybe 20-30$ profit instead of 50$, while at the same time reintroducing Mario as the main concept of Nintendo in the style of the new generation.