Desroko on 04 August 2008
| baph777 said: It has been my belief that the Wii has been selling so well simply because a lot of people couldn't find them, so as soon as they are released into the stores people (many of whom really don't know anything about videogames rush out and pick it up as soon as possible. eg. I was working at a fast food restaurant a few months ago and there was a woman working there that didn't really know anything about consumer electronics but she knew that people talked about ipods and wiis and that made her think wiis were really cool, so she really got it into her head to be sure to buy a wii. Of course, you also have people like Ellen Degeneris hyping such products as Wii Fit, etc. to the non gamer crowd which accounts for similar sales). The fact that Nintendo kept Wii's out of stores during crucial selling periods the holidays of 2006 and 2007 (learning from all the hype that was generated for the 360 during the '05 holiday season when there was a shortage of them in stores and people were paying thousands of dollars to be able to get one for Christmas) served to generate a lot of hype as well for the Wii during those selling periods which were only met in the after the holiday months when more Wii's appeared in stores which explains how well it has been selling in recent months. However, I do think that as soon as Wii supply meets demand on a regular basis and more people have the chance to see what it's really all about and compare it to the other consoles on the market, then it won't be doing so well and will be losing steam. And I believe that is happening at least in my area of the world, because I went from November 2006 to to June 2008 without seeing a single Wii on the shelf at my nearest Wal~Mart. However, recently there have been quite a few there even in the middle of the day. |
These guys get better with every post. A year ago it was all about the bubble bursting. How'd that work out?
