Metallicube said:
Really? The price cut was last year... Price cuts do little to move hardware, particularly Nintendo hardware. SOFTWARE drives consoles. Think.. Why do people buy consoles? For the GAMES. Notice how even after the pricecut, Wii hardware barely rose. It didn't REALLY take off again until NSMB Wii was released. The several AAA games you are talking about, Galaxy 2, Sin and Punishment 2, Red Steel 2, Monster Hunter Tri, these may be good games, but they are simply NOT console movers. It's downright foolish to think they are. I don't know how many times I have to say this.. Going into 2010, I knew those titles wouldn't move consoles, and sure enough, they didn't. It's pretty obvious. |
I'm gonna reply to this post out of the 3 replies because your first reply was weird and in my post and Vipers reply is too focused on doom. It's pointless even trying to debate with him right now.
Pricecuts help. It's a fact. Maybe they don't help as much on Nintendo consoles... But they DO help. Add in a bunch of games to keep demand high, and the console should be up YoY IMO...
Galaxy 2, Tales of Graces, S&P2, Red Steel 2, MH Tri, NSMB Wii, Sengoku Basara (It helped the PS3, no reason it shouldn't have helped the Wii), Dragon Quest M. I'm sure theres plenty more I'm forgetting. The point is, they don't have to move significant consoles... They just have to keep the Wii "interesting". Keep demand on a steadily high level. Not dropping close to it's lowest sales... Ever. The PS3 and 360 have done it with a few big games and a bunch of smaller games (Granted, the PS3 has had both a pricecut AND a redesign).
