| FaRmLaNd said: It would be more profitable to ship 10 million units in 1 week then 10 million over 3 years due to the lower price of bulk manufacturing and shipping. They save a lot of money that way. Its mitigated by the marketing but still its often better in business to make the money now then in a few years time. Less expenses that way. Furthermore they couldn't guarentee that it would have legs like some of Nintendos games. It was the movie blockbuster approach and it worked. Im sure Activision is happy. |
I'm sure they are, but comparing Nintendo and Activision's profits, shows that Nintendo's method is quite a bit better, cheaper games, with longer legs, 10 billion+ liquid
Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)
