| Metallicube said: Ugh, I'm looking forward to the Xbox 360 slim boost wearing off so people will stop going nuts over the Wii sales. You have to remember, Sony and MS are huge corporations with lots of money in their pocket and marketing tactics. Nintendo's disruptive strategies have worked well thus far, but now MS and Sony are trying to respond by throwing everything they can at the Wii. BOTH companies have released console redesigns, and both have had several pricecuts. The third party support of both also trumps Wii's. |
The way I see it, all three have offered console redesigns and all three have offered similar numbers of price cuts. The Wii is simply a redesigned/refocused Gamecube after all. Nintendo has cut the price $50 and added value by throwing in the M attachment and Wii Sports resort at no extra charge whereas Microsoft has cut the price (U.S) from $299 and $399 to $199 and $299 respectively which is effectually a 33% and 25% price cut which is comparable to the Wiis 20% price cut and the addition of Wii Sports Resort. Sony's larger price cut is simply a function of the fact that they started at a much higher price and their costs have fallen much more quickly due to the cutting edge nature of the PS3 at release.
| Metallicube said: Once the holiday season rolls around everything will be back to normal, and Wii will return to massive sales. Why? Because Wii will begin to have system movers again, which they really have not had in 9 months. As I've been saying, all you need to do is take a look at Wii's games this year so far and it quickly becomes obvious why Wii sales are down. The big games so far this year are as follows: Mario Galaxy 2, No More Heroes 2, Red Steel 2, Sin and Punishment, Monster Hunter Tri. None of these games are system movers. So essentially NSMB Wii has had to carry console sales for a good 9 months all on its own. That's no easy feat. I find it funny that anyone can think those titles I mentioned have the ability to move consoles. While most people here seem to be raving about price cuts, new console models, and Wii immitation controllers, it is software that truly drives hardware. While it's all well and good that Nintendo has focused its lineup on more core games this year, the tradeoff is that they don't get as many sales, because those titles only appeal to a niche of core gamers. But as far as I'm concerned, Donkey Kong Country, Wii Party, Wii Relax, Goldeneye, Kirby, and Epic Mickey are much stronger titles and actually do have the ability to move consoles. |
Im personally not as confident as you are. Whilst it would please me to be wrong, it just seems that the Wii cannot bring together a total package and therefore cannot go upstream in the market to challenge the Xbox 360 and PS3 on their home turf. The Xbox 360 and PS3 have ~52% of the hardware market however they control ~65% of the software market for full release titles and likely just under 70% of total software revenue if you count the online component as well. If its software which drives hardware then the software market is also coinciding with increased relative Xbox 360 and PS3 sales compared to the Wii as the relative hardware numbers are similar to the relative software numbers so far this year.
http://www.vgchartz.com/yearly.php
Tease.
