Malstrom responds to Wii price cut.

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Soundwave said:

Khuutra said:

Soundwave said:

Can you guys seriously knock off the Red Ocean/Blue Ocean bullsh-t. Just because you understand one meager theory doesn't give you insight into a multi-billion dollar corporation like Nintendo or what their financial goals are or what their arrangements with part suppliers are ... there are a million things you guys likely are not aware of.

Nintendo doesn't give a sh-t about Blue Ocean/Red Ocean when it doesn't serve their purposes. Simple as that.

Clearly things like market share, stock price, and brand momentuem also matter to them. 

Chill out there, compadre. I'll rephrase for you.

Nintendo is not necessarily doing this in response to Microsoft or Sony - for all intents and purposes, they could still be off by themselves, apart from the HD fray. The price drop could very well just be a consequence of flagging sales, and may have happened with or without Microsoft and Sony's drops.

Better?

Nintendo doesn't give two craps about anything that doesn't serve their bottom line. If they felt like they could make more money with a $500 machine for the core gamer with uber-violent games, they would totally do that. 

SW, you should probably not get your knowledge of BOS from intern forum threads. When you actually bother to read BOS then go on to make claims. Nintendo has pretty much adopted the principle of BOS. That doesn't mean they are prone to mistakes and much of your comments seem to indicate a lack of knowledge of the long term effects.

As for bolded part of the text. That's pretty much how BOS works. Find a market that makes money. Learning to reduce risk, over head and find that profitable bottom line. It doesn't mean that BOS isn't adaptable or fluctuating. ACtually after 100 years of business studies by the writers of BOS. THe only successful strategy is a changing strategy. So any moves by Nintendo is to continue on the idea of finding that profitable bottom line. Sometimes they will make mistakes sometimes they won't. The more evidence of lack of BOS is the PS3 launch where Sony went blindly into the market. Believing the same current high compitition enviroment is the most profitable.

So however you look at it they will follor the principles. It's just that understanding the principles are common sense in business. Though most businesses don't display it.