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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Iwata: No stock pillling for Wii, No cheap DSi due strong yen

alfredofroylan on 03 February 2009

Some info from the investors Q&A

'we scaled back because it's how things look now and we want to reflect accurately so as to not defraud investors or shock the market at the end of the financial year'

'Our relationships with 3rd parties are improving, and you'll see results in the medium-term'\
'Wii was scaled back because the hardware bump was less than expected for year end in Japan. We're going to try hard to impress the market better this year. Wii Music wasn't a mistake but we had many communications issues, which have better prepared us for the future. We're always going to try new propositions, and we'll try hard to make another one like the launch of Wii, brain training, and animal crossing DS'.

'Obviously with the current state of the exchange rates, there is no chance we can release DSi for the same cost as current DS Lite in foreign countries. We're doing customer research before announcing'.

'Not adjusting manufacture of wiis down and no huge stockpile. they were all shipped abroad'

'Wii system update, featuring for example the SD Card fix, is coming in Spring as suggested at the conference last year.'

Source:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=350665&page=3



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LordTheNightKnight on 03 February 2009

So even Nintendo is not recession proof. They just prepared for it a hell of a lot better than others did.



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Outcast on 03 February 2009

So they're going to rip us off on the DS whilst diving into their piles of money? Guess I won't be replacing my original just yet then..



Lolcislaw on 03 February 2009

Well thats what i expected, maybe they just slightly lower the price of DSLite so the two can successfuly coexist on the market.



Lurker on 03 February 2009

They need to be careful with the price of DSi. A high price can screw over a brand no matter how big it is.



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dib8rman on 03 February 2009

Hmm, their bottom line is very important - Nintendo is a business first and a charity rarely.



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tehsage on 03 February 2009

Any idea on the price for it?



student on 03 February 2009
Lurker said:
They need to be careful with the price of DSi. A high price can screw over a brand no matter how big it is.

 

Hrmm adding new techie features not related to gaming, upping the costs... sounds like PS3 :).

 

Still, they should do fine as long as they don't up it too much.



johnsobas on 03 February 2009

as far as the DSi goes it's not a big deal, the light is still there and is selling really well. DSi was really needed in Japan though, it has really turned things around.



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exindguy on 03 February 2009
student said:
Lurker said:
They need to be careful with the price of DSi. A high price can screw over a brand no matter how big it is.

Hrmm adding new techie features not related to gaming, upping the costs... sounds like PS3 :).

I think this is an interesting point(s): would it have made more sense for Nintendo to have refreshed the hardware with newer screens and nixed all the other, ancillary, features (saving them for a DS2, instead)? Hindsight being 20/20 (in light of the economic downturn/strength of the yen), perhaps they would have.