It seems to me that Nintendo is following strategy of maximising profit rather than market share. If they wanted to maximise market share they probably would have increased production a lot more aggressively and lowered the price of the console by now. So obviously neither Microsoft or Sony could conceivibly come close to matching the Wiis overall profits. That much is exceedingly obvious to all but the most die hard brick headed people.
The current console market share is 48.6% vs 29.7% vs 21.7% and you know which consoles are which.
So the question of the thread is, how close could either Microsoft or Sony get to the Wii if they follow their current market share maximising strategies?
This isn't a thread about what is, or what you think is even likely to occur. Its all about what might and could happen with the right application and intent by either Sony or Microsoft to increase their consoles market share. We all know that the current sales trends indicate the opposite given the data we have available to us. This thread is about the unexpected that could happen, of course not about scenarios which are completely out of this world like Nintendo withdraws the Wii from the market.
One such possible scenario I predict is that both Sony and Microsoft perform price cuts and Nintendo Wii sales remain level year over year with the Xbox 360 and PS3 taking say 55% market share between them over the holiday season by increasing their sales relative to the Wiis.
Another I guess is that something amazing comes out of either Sony's or Microsofts camp at E3 which excites the market in a way that only Nintendo games and accessories have done up until now. Like for example Microsoft releases a version of Windows for the Xbox 360 and they capture a whole other media/non gaming segment of the market to go with say a new camera peripheral for interface.
So what do you think? How close could one of these consoles come to the Wii to be considered successful when compared to the Wii itself and not against the losers league.
Tease.
