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“I think Nintendo is in disarray,” said Pachter. “I think they’ve completely blown the Wii U by not telling people what the price is going to be. |
Since when does this matter?? Full of hyperboles. :( what might the consequences of not revealing the price be according to him? His reasoning is so far-fetched... and hard to follow. They have reasons not to divulge price which far outweight any possible cons.
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It’s going to launch at $249 because it has to. |
Why? Market-wise? The topic is so much more complicated than "Nintendo can't sell a system more than 250$"... We have had intense debates on the 3DS launch price, the factors of which are similar here. Games matter, season matters. All in all those two factors will mainly decide if the WiiU can sell at 300$+, not some trollish wishful thinking.
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I think they’re dead anyway because Xbox with Kinect will be priced below that by the time they launch. |
Who cares about Xbox with kinect when talking about WiiU launch? The WiiU is next gen! Again, see 2nd point as to what makes a console purchase material. The only way I can follow his logic is if he doesn't consider the WiiU next gen. But for 90Mil+ Wiis sold, consumers will look for a successor.
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“Wii was a bubble and that the Wii bubble has burst.” Wii gamers are now playing social games like FarmVille. He said that Nintendo had great success with the Wii, and actually pushed gaming further into the mainstream with its Blue Ocean policy than even the company had planned. But the influx of social games and quality mobile games on tablets and smartphones has killed the Wii. And he believes it will ultimately kill Nintendo’s handheld business." |
The Wii bubble may have bursted, but Nintendo games have appeal whether he likes it or not. Sorry for him, people will always buy Nintendo games because they have mass appeal. Good for me because he fools investors, so that devaluates a stock that will necessarily rebound because the devaluation was artificial. This is good news for an educated Nintendo stock investor.
What killed the Wii was improved competitor momentum and Nintendo pulling the plug to focus on next-gen, not farmville or social games.
As for Nintendo's handheld business dying... No comment other than don't quit your day job.
