Here are the Six Reasons Nintendo Has the Edge

[ilovetogame]

woah woah woah, to the person who is talking trash about the n64 and gc, you're a crazy person. those systems had a good amount of amazing games, more so n64 which has several of the greatest games ever. they are far better systems than anything so far this gen thats for sure.

anyway, i think this list sorta fails like the other two. first of all the original thread was what m$ and nintendo should steal from sony, like actual things to copy. not just a list of marketing reasons why one system is selling better than another like this list is. i mean its pretty obvious why wii is dominating, lots games that appeal to everyone, originally much cheaper price, normal list of incredible nintendo games, new innovative games, by far the best downloadable game library, and the main thing is really cool motion controls that make many types of games a lot more fun than normal.

as for this list,
1) i don't think nintendo has had a particularly great marketing strategy, the best marketing for the wii has been word of mouth or people getting their hands on the wii for the first time, i've seen plenty of people play wii sports for the first time and decide they have to get the system even if they normally don't ever play games.
2) no way nintendo intentionally held back supply cuz that would just lose them money.
3) appealing to a wide userbase is key as it was with the last two sony systems.
4) pricing is important but it didn't help gamecube or n64 before it, but it made a bigger difference this time cuz m$ and sony made way overpriced systems.
5&6) loyal fanbase and mascots is basically just saying nintendo has the best franchises in the gaming world which is true but the other systems certainly have games that are only made for those systems that people are loyal for, although nintendo easily has the edge in this category especially since m$ has been stealing sony exclusives this gen.