| Gh0st4lifE said: No, simply because Nintendo will need to come out with a more advanced system during next-gen. Otherwise not only is it certain they would lose market share (even if they have plenty of that ;-P) but they would let the competition get too far ahead technologically, both in hardware and in software. They are already losing too much ground. Mario, Zelda, Metroid and other great Nintendo franchises used to be top-notch graphically. Those brands can only get hurt if during next-gen (2011 / 2017) they do not "evolve" enough. The PS2 was also the third technologically during its' generation, but it wasn't as far behind as the Wii is now. |
It's this exact thinking that has put the 360 and PS3 into the positions they are in. The fact that Nintendo sought to disrupt this theory and having it paying off in spades shows nothing you have said holds any weight for the markets Nintendo is tapping into. If people cared so much then the Wii would have failed. The DS would have failed. Remind me again who the market leader is?
@disolitude-I don't think the Wii is getting a price cut until there is a change in hardware. Either a slimmer Wii, a Wii with more features or the Wii 2 can cause a price drop, but I don't think demand is going to be going down anywhere near 2010 to force a price drop. Similiar to how Nintendo does not follow the Microsoft and Sony rule of price dropping their popular games they will not follow the rules of price dropping.
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