The best business decision is to wait until sales just barely start to lull and then immediately spring the cut. It would extend a lot of the Wii fever and make more people buy their own instead of mooching off of a friend. It might be better than letting demand fall too much.
| fkusumot said: Thanks shams... those are all on my radar. Zelda, Jam Sessions and Rhythm n' Notes are confirmed buys for me. The others I'll get, or not, after looking at the reviews. It's interesting how people don't get worked up much about the DS anymore. I keep having ideas for DS threads but then I wonder if anyone wants to say much about the DS and the games. I blame WiiFit! snick |
As much as I play my Wii (which is a lot - esp. VC titles), I play my DS even more.
Almost done (for now) with Pokemon, so looking forward to next batch of titles to pick up. Will definitely get 'Tingle', and hoping that Impossible Mission is good (one of my fav old-school titles). Then Zelda, and who knows what else...
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I think that a Wii + WiiFit bundle will happen pretty much immediately for $300. Just my guess, but I think Nintendo (rightly) believes that WiiFit will be a system seller for many many new/returning gamers. Of course, I predict that not only Wii's but also WiiFit will be difficult to find when it launches.
| Sqrl said: @ cdude1034, jlauro, souixan, GranTurismo, TheBigFatJ, and couchmonkey, lol, how many of you guys actually read my post? The topic was nothing to do with when they will drop price, I made minor mention of the slight possibility of a drop in EU/Others sooner than expected since demand is lower there but other than that I focused solely on the impact a price drop could have and smart ways of implementing price drops. Hell my opening line was this... "Ok by now pretty much everyone understands that the Wii is not going to have a price drop until supply meets demand and stays that way for at least a month or more. " Is it too much to ask you read at least the first paragraph before commenting? Not trying to be rude but I took the time to write the post so if you didn't take the time to read it could you at least not derail the thread please? |
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I think a bundle Wii+WiiFit will go for 250$ or even 200$ to attract many non-gamers; Nintendo would be a fool not to supply the market with a great deal of machines by then.
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So on topic. I think Nintendo is upping production big time. It sold 120k this week in America (Hey, one predction of me came true :)) and i don't think these are deverted from Japan. If so, it could be Nintendo is overproducing next year, and a "price cut" could happen. I don't think that Nintendo will bundle anything in Japan. Wii Fit will sell like good over there, because it is a good tool for a country that has so few space. For Ameria I can see a second boundle (Wii Fit+Sports+Wii). Americans love the whole get all in one deal and love home trainers, this bundle would be perfect for America. My problem is the release time. The release date of Wii fit is January, right? It is a little early for a price cut, you don't want to piss of the people that were fighting over a Wii at Christmas. For Europe: I don't think a bundled Wii Fit would be that hit.
Considering all that, I would go that way:
January, America:
2 Wii Packages: Wii+Sports $250, Wii+Sports+Fit $280-$300 (depending how much Wii Fit will cost at retail).
April or May, price cut world wide:
America : Wii+Sports $200-$220, Wii+Sports+Fit $240-260
Europe : Wii+Sports 200-220€
Yes, I am predicting a price cut in the second Quarter next year for the Wii. ;)
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Sqrl said:
Seriously if you read my post it makes a lot more sense what I am trying to say. The point is that people are talking about long term sales right now, and in those discussions everyone discounts or completely ignores the fact that Nintendo has plenty of price cut, bundle, and incentive options in their arsenal simply because they have not had to worry about a price drop. So I have to ask, why can't we ask these questions and talk about thes topics? Why isn't it fair? The whole point of asking the question is to foster insightful discussion and try to determine what the differences in the market will be and how Nintendo can respond to its position in that market. You are of course free to choose not to speculate on the matter but it doesn't stop the rest of us who are interested in it from doing so. PS - I certainly hope someone is thinking about what the world will be like in 2020, I don't like the idea of just flitting about with a "where we end up is where we end up" attitude. |
Obviously I'm not stating my point well enough, which I suppose is just lazy on my part.
It's not that I mind talking about it, but the context in which it's being discussed is being talked about almost in a "if it happened tomorrow" type thing, and all I'm saying, is that the market will be a lot different by the time the Wii has a price cut as opposed to tomorrow.
Of course tomorrow Nintendo could announce a price cut and this post will be blown all to hell, but I guess that's the risk I take. :-p
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