Obieslut was a genius!!! Wii sales always had a limit? Yey or nay?

[M.U.G.E.N]

RolStoppable said:

M.U.G.E.N said:

can't believe people still think price doesn't matter >_> baffles me

Why would it matter? The Wii had no trouble to keep selling for years and once Nintendo started to put out the wrong games even price cuts didn't do any good. There was another surge in late 2009 when NSMB Wii (as right as a Nintendo game can be) launched, but with nothing to follow it up it didn't take until too long until hardware sales suffered again.

Or look at the DS. It had the games, first and third party, never needed a price cut. Except for the first year (at least in Europe, late 2005), but it was back up to €150 once the DS Lite launched. Its competition, the PSP, went through all sorts of price reductions and bundles and never had an influence on DS sales. The only region where the PSP actually achieved anything just so happens to be the one country where it enjoys by far the best third party support out of any system right now.

I guess you are one of those people (just like Obieslut) who actually believed that the Wii sold because it was cheap. You know, the DS only sold because it was cheap too.

way to jump to conclusions there genius

I am one of those who think price plays a critical role in sales, especially in the current economy. But that is by no means the whole story. But denying it has no impact is down right wrong.

Price is not only about price cuts. Starting price matters too. If the xbox 360 and ps3 both had similar price ranges to the wii the wii would not be enjoying the same level of market share they are doing now.Heck we will probably see more evidence to support that when (and hopefully they will time these right cuz timing is also important) ps360 do a price cut in the future. Price dictates when some can buy products they want depending on the money they are capable of spending.

Actually wii got a price cut right? it still is lagging behind badly compared to the HD consoles in gaming content this year but it will see a nice boost. But keep in mind cheaper the product is already, less the effect will be.

Wii was a success because Ninty did many things (at least from the companys POV) right from the beginning of the gen. making a underpowered system so they can price it relatively lower was one of them