| BTFeather55 said: @noname2200, yes it was shortages driving the demand for the wii. it was kind of a herd mentallity going on. why else do you think people were able to sell wii's for 800 bucks on ebay? because demand was high and people were unable to find them in stores. why were stores placing wii's in four hundred dollar bundles and selling them that way when they were only supposed to cost 250? because demand was so high since people couldn't find them in stores any other way and they didn' t want the kids to be disappointed at Christmas. hey there are still no wii's in my local walmart today. the wii's success is driven by demand for something that people hear about yet seldom see. if you look at recent sales numbers for the wii and ps3 for the past several weeks, you'll see that the numbers between wii and ps3 have been the closest of all the consoles recently even closer than ps3 and 360 or ds and psp even though the ps3 costs $150 more than the wii, and last week ps3 outsold 360 and Wii combined in Japan. |
Chicken and egg...
Very well, Mr. BTFeather. You believe that the demand for the Wii is due to a shortage in the number of Wiis, and that the fact that Nintendo is manufacturing more Wiis per month than any console maker ever has is completely irrelevant (or at least I assume you think it's irrelevant, as you don't address that point at all in this latest post).
Assuming, arguendo, that you're correct (for the record, I don't), can you tell me what you think it is about the Wii that has created this unprecedented level of demand? You wrote that it's selling to "people that knew nothing about what truely makes great games" (sic). Why has Nintendo been able to scam these legions of people into buying systems and games when no other console maker has?
As a separate question, since you seem to believe that Japan has realized that 'it's been duped,' and point solely to last week's sales as proof that they're turning to True Gaming, can you name any week in which the PS3 has outsold the Wii and 360 combined in Japan? Follow-up: how long did such a situation last?
Keep in mind that the Japanese question is quite secondary. Focus on the first one, please.
