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Squilliam on 02 August 2009
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hsrob said:
Squilliam said:
Well there are some good points in the article, I think the major point is that whenever someone says anything remotely unpositive about the Wii they are dismissed as bashing the console.

The sales are down, Nintendos shares are WAY down and the market is reacting to what they percieve to be a threat for Nintendos long term growth.

This is something that people should be thinking about, rather than fiddling whilst Rome is burning. (so to speak). Like the article says, the Wiis drop is unprecedented and its not like the console itself is unaffordable when its $250 and comes with a really compelling piece of software out of the box.

Although i agree with you wholeheartedly on this point I really don't think this phenomena is unique to Nintendo fans. 

I do think calling this "Wii-bashing" is a bit sensationalistic but any good points the author may have had lost are lessened by the manner in which he cherry picks facts about releases for the remainder of the year.  To dismiss WSR and to not even mention NSMB Wii or Wii Fit + is not just an oversight, it's selecting facts to support a conclusion, and a headline.

 

I don't remember any threads titled 'More Xbox 360 bashing from incompetent journalists'. Which really does set the tone for the whole discussion.

Whether the journalist overlooked a couple of titles or not, the main crux of the article was that the Wiis hardware sales are down now. So whether or not he mentioned all the big things coming, it still doesn't change the major points which are these:

  • The Wii hardware sales are down significantly.
  • Nintendo profit is down significantly.
  • Nintendos share price is down significantly.

Now the question to whether an extension to Wii Sports, and extension to Wii Fit and an extension to the Mario franchise this year can restore the sales pace that the Wii has had is up in the air. Im personally wondering if the fact that the Wiis in stock and the fact that recession hit have both combined to cut the impetus for people to rush out and buy the Wii because people can pick one up whenever they want to now. Momentum is a tricky thing, it may be hard to get back because of how the Wii feeds on word of mouth, if the number of sales going into the word of mouth system dries up then the engine driving more people to buy Wiis could be slowing down.



Tease.