pure gold :
Once upon a time, way back in the 1980's, a company became number one because its products meant 'fun' to young people. Then, in the 1990's, a bigger company with a bigger brand name and bigger budgets took away the number one spot.
Fortunately, that first company also had another line of products that let it remain popular and profitable. This company used that threat to reconsider its strategy, and think how it could regain overall leadership.
And this is what it decided.
It would redefine its own business, and expand its market beyond current core users. Could this strategy work?
Well, we already know the answer. The answer is yes.
Because that first company, Pepsi, has returned to number one in its industry displacing Coke. Pepsi stopped asking, "How can we sell more cola?" Instead, it started asking, "What else do people want to drink?"
Today, Pepsi is number one in bottled water. It is number one in sports drinks. It is number one in health drinks. And, of course, it remains number one in the snacks business that it used to maintain profitability while they executed their disruptive strategy. (As every game developer understands, the three basic food groups are Fritos, Cheetos and Doritos.)
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=11223
“In the entertainment business, there are only heaven and hell, and nothing in between and as soon as our customers bore of our products, we will crash.” Hiroshi Yamauchi
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