Malstrom: Wii Hatred is about hatred of the new customers

[Avinash_Tyagi]

oli2 said:

MontanaHatchet said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

 

They've done it once before, with the NES, so its a pretty good chance they'll do it again at some point

Sony did it once before with the Playstation, doesn't necessarily mean they'll do it once again. The only way Nintendo could really disrupt the market is if the market was in control of another company, and at that point, I see the disruption happening by a newcomer.

With all due respect to both of you, neither the NES nor the Playstation comings were 'disruptions' in the economical sense.

I am not sure you have understood what this economical strategy trully is.

Nothing prevents Nintendo from disrupting itself. In fact, Malstrom predicts that Nintendo have to disrupt itself to survive the Wii !

Actually I would argue that the NES was a disruption in that at the time gaming was largely on gaming computers, which were more than was desired by most consumers, they overshot the market with their complexity, the NES was a lower powered product when compared to the gaming computers, but offered a much more accessible gaming experience, as it didn't require all the setup that gaming computers did, not to mention it was a lot cheaper.  So i'd say it was more of a low-end disruption than a new-Market disruption.

 

"Low-end disruption" occurs when the rate at which products improve exceeds the rate at which customers can adopt the new performance. Therefore, at some point the performance of the product overshoots the needs of certain customer segments. At this point, a disruptive technology may enter the market and provide a product which has lower performance than the incumbent but which exceeds the requirements of certain segments, thereby gaining a foothold in the market.