Soundwave on 15 July 2013
| Mr Khan said: Baby steps with Pikmin, here. Pikmin's trouble is that, so far, it's just a "Nintendo Core" franchise, slightly under Metroid's sales potential without the critical chops that Metroid has accrued. Nintendo's needs to focus on increasing the software appeal, and this ad gives a vibe similar to Pokemon: summon your monsters, have them fight other monsters. Also vaguely reminiscent of Skylanders. If Nintendo makes up some console ads for Wii U, *those* should be more all-ages oriented. In Pikmin's case, they have to worry about selling Pikmin. Sell Pikmin, sell Wii Us. |
Well another problem I see is most kids can't afford a $350 console, and if they ask their parents they'll probably get the stock "don't you already have a Wii?" answer.
Nintendo needs to get the price down fast if this is the market they are targeting. $300+ is for luxury/life style products, not kids products, if they want to market more towards kids, that's fine, but the price point has to be much more affordable.
