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MontanaHatchet on 07 October 2009
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Avinash_Tyagi said:
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I find it funny that some Nintendo fans are bragging about competing with the PS3, or hoping that the PS3 has lower numbers so that maybe the Wii tied the PS3 after a pricecut even though the PS3 had its own weeks ago and the Wii just had its.

How the mighty have fallen.

Its like I said before, software sells consoles, not price and price cuts (In fact in Japan, new colors and hardware revisions might even be more effective than price cuts).  Price cuts only serve to make your money go further when buying a console you're already interested in, what Wii needs in Japan is the release of its winter lineup to get people interested, of course, since October and part of November is historically a slow month for Japan, Nintendo appears to be holding off until late November, December to release its big titles

Wrong.

When you get within a certain price range ($200-300 or less), price doesn't make as much of a difference. However, a price cut can definitely help spur sales. Saying that software sells consoles and not the price is a blatant lie. It's a combination of the two, and it's a matter of finding the sweet spot. That is, a company must decide which combination of factors provides the best value. If you really think that all the Wii needs is some software to boost it up, you must have missed Wii Sports Resort and Monster Hunter 3 (two games that were supposed to really boost Wii sales). What's Wii Fit Plus (or some other title) going to do to really boost up Wii sales?

I'm not saying you're totally wrong, but when you're actually making definitive statements like price cuts not selling consoles, you know you're become delusional.

When real life says something different than your beliefs, then your beliefs are wrong Montana

We already saw Price cuts aren't the answer.

 One, MH3 is a front loaded game, just like FF13 it won't keep sustaining sales, Wii did have a big boost from the game, but it was a one week thing, so yeah it won't do it.

Two, WSR and WF+, are sequels to very popular games, so you're going to see mostly repeat buyers not many new buyers, before the release of WF+ and WSR, Wii Fit and Wii sports both fell below 10K in Japan, basically they were at the tail end of their legs.

NSMB on the other hand is a totally different game than is available on the Wii at the moment, not including VC, and its the latest iteration of a 2D mario platformer, a very popular genre, look at NSMB DS, still selling even after all these years.

So wait, when price cuts help to spur sales, and result in things like the PS3 being above the Wii for weeks straight (despite not having a big variety of heavy hitters released), I'm the one who is wrong?

Price cuts aren't THE answer, but they're a great way to help spur sales. Just look at how many PS2s were sold when it was at a sub $200 price point, or how much lower prices have done for a variety of other systems. It doesn't really make a big difference if Monster Hunter 3 is a big game, because it didn't create big Wii hardware sales when it launched, and it hasn't helped to create them now. Ditto for Wii Sports Resort. While NSMB Wii could definitely help Wii sales in Japan, it's likely not going to do nearly as well as you think it will do (or wish it will do). It's just one game, and while 2D style games are practically at home on handhelds, they're not as big on consoles. And that still doesn't change the fact that you're making idiotic definitive statements out of a strange desire to be stubborn. Software definitely helps, but so do price cuts.