Should We Expect Brawl To Be Delayed?

[Words Of Wisdom]

misterd said:

Desroko said:
Brawl and Wii Fit are not targeting the same audience. There's no need to worry over them bumping into each other, because Smash has a very loyal fanbase, while Wii Fit is going to be marketed towards casuals and light mainstream gamers.

While they are not competing (much) for customers, they ARE competing for advertising time, at a period when it's at a premium.

I think it would make sense to market the WiiFit and SSBB separately. Given the differences in the markets, I'd put SSBB out for the US holiday, and WF out in Japan, then flip flop right after (when American moms are trying to shed the holiday pounds).

I would say the odds are high that SSBB will be delayed, and maybe 50-50 that it goes past the holiday. Nintendo has Japan all sewn up, but the US is still tightly contested. While MG will help, MP3s luster is waning already, and they need to have something to market to "core" gamers, especially those who want to play online. SSBB is the perfect fit.

They are targeting the same audience or at least parts of the same audience:  Wii owners with money to spend on games.  That's already a limited market.  All games will be competing for a share of the money there this holiday season and I would go so far as to say it's foolish to think Brawl wouldn't take a very large portion for itself.