| bdbdbd said: So, what happens when supply meets demand? Will demand decline before sufficient supply or will supply ramp up and sales with it? Or will supply ramp up and sales decline? |
Honestly, I think the Wii will still do fine, even with massive supply.
But there is merit to the "keeping up with the Joneses" logic of when little Billy wants a Wii because little Tommy wants one and they're hard to find. When an item is sought by some, it becomes sought by many by simple means of transference: if it's hard to find and people want it, other people become curious as to why so many others want it.
In the Wii's case, I think it has a while to go before it even has to worry about that, but the Wii probably wouldn't be the "hot item" if it was easy to find.
"I mean, c'mon, Viva Pinata, a game with massive marketing, didn't sell worth a damn to the "sophisticated" 360 audience, despite near-universal praise--is that a sign that 360 owners are a bunch of casual ignoramuses that can't get their heads around a 'gardening' sim? Of course not. So let's please stop trying to micro-analyze one game out of hundreds and using it as the poster child for why good, non-1st party, games can't sell on Wii. (Everyone frequenting this site knows this is nonsense, and yet some of you just can't let it go because it's the only scab you have left to pick at after all your other "Wii will phail1!!1" straw men arguments have been put to the torch.)" - exindguy on Boom Blocks
