Soundwave on 09 January 2013
| sperrico87 said: Animal Crossing's explosion in sales should be enough to alleviate people's concerns that Nintendo's business model can still succeed in today's market. The game is selling at a 60% rate to women, many of whom already own smartphones. Women typically account for less than 30% of Nintendo platform owners, so it is indeed a broad market success story and Nintendo should be congratulated as such. Looking to the future, Nintendo's only real concerns are broadening the market of the 3DS in US/Europe where it is soft, and making sure they keep Wii U sales at a sustainable level where there isn't need for a markdown. The answer to both of these concerns is of course software. Software, software, software. |
The Wii U will need a price cut by spring, though Nintendo may hold until summer. But it will become extremely evident by March, just watch.
I don't see Animal Crossing having the same success, women in Europe and North America with smartphones are not going to give a crap.
The 3DS works so well in Japan because people use their DS/3DS/PSP as their primary/only game machine period, the console market is going away there.
