Demotruk said:
Exactly. |
That's the issue : the fact they are different may mean they are undesirable customers , we don't fully understand the habbits of the Wii's demographic because we have no histroical data to look back on.
Traditional gamers are likely to be satisfied with cutting their living expensives or consuming less in order to fulfil their game playing needs , I doubt this would be true of every traditional gamer but probably more so than the Wii's userbase . The Wii does have it's fair share of dedicated gamers which will support it regardless but then there's a section of their demographic which are compleltey unpredictable, will Family X be satisfied with a lower standard of living whilst sustaining their gaming needs or will they....
A. Sell their Wii for some short term cash flow.
B.keep playing the games they bought before the recession hit hard.
Options A & B will make Nintendo $0
What could happen is that the audience that cause the Wii to experience such tremendous growth turn their backs on it in favour of other things . I've always said the casual gamer is the least predictable and possibly the least loyal of any type of gamer , we'll see if the recession prooves me right.
But on the other hand we all recognise the value of cheap entertainment in recession times , a $25 Wii game is likely to offer an individual or family weeks or even months of fun so the Wii could be even seen as a neccasery investment . Props to anyone who guesses the outcome accuratley because it's beyond me.
