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S.Peelman on 10 July 2012
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Gamerace said:


I can't stop you.  But I was also the odd ball out that predicted Wii would have a 20m first year when everyone thought it would fail.

However, my point is Nintendo diehard fans aren't as numerous as people on forums like this tend to think.  Core Nintendo series (Zelda, 3D Mario, Donkey Kong Country, Metroid, Star Fox, FZero, Kirby, Pikmin, Fire Emblem) tend to only sell 1-8m.    Brawl managed 10m on Wii.   Mario Kart, NSMB, sometimes Animal Crossing and Pokemon are really the only mega sellers and they have more cross appeal with casuals.  Otherwise Nintendo's big guns are casual titles: Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Nintendogs, Brain Age, etc.

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Doesn't say anything.

I'm a 'core' gamer, and of the 'core' Nintendo franchises I've only bought Zelda and 3D Mario this gen, I'm still going to buy Donkey Kong Country Returns so I'll count Donkey Kong too. I'm never interested in Kirby, Pikmin, Fire Emblem, or Metroid and the last time I bought Star Fox and F-Zero were on the N64.

My point is, there are more Nintendo-fans than the sales number of those franchises show. ;)

 

dharh said:
archbrix said:

I could believe $99 for the WiiU controller, maybe with added software, but more than that is highly unlikely.  Not a chance it'll retail for anywhere near $149, at least not without Nintendo adding new features.


And you think $99 is a good price for a glorified controller?  What does that say about the overrall price of the WiiU? It just does not fit at all with a handheld strategy. It's still the same old Nintendo console strategy.

Even if the WiiU GamePad went for €/$99.00, the price of the console wouldn't be 'console price + $99'. Manufacturing the controller is probably not that expensive, because it doesn't really use any technology that is state of the art. Buying stand-alone accessories are always way more expensive for consumers than buying them bundled with something else (in this the console).

Case in point: Here in The Netherlands, the Circle Pad Pro for 3DS costs €20.00, but my bundled Resident Evil with Circle Pad Pro was only €10.00 more expansive than the stand-alone game. This means that the accessory was only half the prize.