Breaking: Nintendo sends direct message to Wii owners asking them to upgrade

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BenVTrigger said:

CGI-Quality said:

Mr Khan said:
And yet when Sony and/or Microsoft inevitably does this, they'll be praised for their innovative direct marketing strategies.

 

One already did it. :P

Personally I think sending a message letting your customers know that your going to announce a new console is quite a bit different than sending a message 2 years after your next gen console is announced, and 5 and a half months after it released to inform people that they arent the same console.

That is the difference, yes. I don't think directly contacting your customers like this is any sign of desperation per se, it's quite smart actually, (I remember Sony emailing people about the PS4 event too, I think?) it's the content of and circumstances around the message itself (that you just described) that is being ridiculed.