Seece said:
Nintendogamer said:
Seece said:
steverhcp02 said:
AnthonyW86 said:
Looks like we might see another Wii price cut this year. It's starting to sell less each week compared to last year when it was still $250. And with Kinect and Move coming. Anyone agree?
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I dont think we will see a price cut, but anythings possible.
I'll probably get flamed to death for saying this but.......we may be seeing the effect of Nintnedo relying on this new demographic. Industry loyalty, IE: "core" gamers will always be there however this new demographic that Nintendo has tapped may need to be fed stuff to keep them coming back. Im by no means saying its a fad, but theres a lot to be said for a dedicated userbase/demographic in this industry. This is why MSFT was able to come in and in 1.5 generations establish itself as a serious player, they tapped into that dedicated market of users who will be constantly interested in this industry, its a reliable base in the long run.
But Nintendo is arguably the most innovative company in this industry so it if anyone can come up with a way to get a fleeting demographic to turn their heads back to the Wii, its them.
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Why? They didn't manage that with the gamecube, and (excluding the wii) havn't all their consoles since their first, declined? Seems to me they don't know how to hang on to the core crowd
1983 - NES - 62 mill
1990 - SNES - 49 mill
1994 - N64 - 33 mill
2001 GC - 22 mill
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Maybe it's because Nintendo new president sorted things out, Iwata made wii and DS succesful.
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To the core crowd? we will never know how much of the Wii's userbase is split between casuals and core.
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Nintendo declined because they tried to fight the competition instead of ignoring them. It wasn't the 'hardcore' they lost, it was the so called 'casualz' or mainstream gamer as I prefer to call them. Nintendo couldn't outdo Sony because Nintendo aren't very good at the cutscene heavy story crap that the 'hardcorez' love so much. The core and casual shit really needs to come to an end. Go take a look at the NES's bestsellers and see if you notice anything similar with the Wii's bestsellers.
