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Khuutra said:

Squilliam said:

landguy1 said:

I disagree with the notion that Nintendo was aggressive at all with the Wii.  Clearly, the Wii's general success was hoped for, but in no way planned for.  If they had ANY idea that it would have hit this big, they would have had twice the production planned during its first 18 months.

They would have  charged $299 for the priviledge of owning one and wouldn't have given their biggest ever game away for free had they had any idea.

I disagree; based on Iwata Asks interviews, the idea behind it was that the packed-in software was going to drive sales, and the take-away inside of Nintendo is that Wii Sports worked as a pack-in.

The Wii would have sold as much over the first few years without it as a pack in given the perenial shortages. Effectively the Wii was under-priced given their inability to make enough consoles. Had they gone for something a little bit more expensive and a bit more sprightly under the hood their revenues/profits would have been higher again and likely the tail end of their sales would have been flatter with more generous margins even if the price curve had remained the same.