RolStoppable said:
The chances for tacked-on content to move hardware hover around 0%. Nobody is going to rush out to buy a console because Zelda got a new bonus dungeon. Using a real world example, nobody has become more interested in Pikmin 3 because Nintendo added more missions (or more interested in the Wii U itself because of that). If Nintendo were a software developer first and foremost, then they would be a third party. But you are right that Nintendo needs software to support their hardware; that's why they have to make more games, not waste their time on milking existing games with paid DLC. Or in other words, any new game can attract a new audience for the hardware while additional content for already released games won't do that. |
I never said anything about selling hardware, but I think it potentially could actually. A console with a steady stream of quality Nintendo console with new games and old games being constantly supported would be very attractive imo. It might be a somewhat slower buildup, although if they could launch the console with a few of their major franchises at the same time and continue to support them while bringing out new games that could be a big system seller in and of itself.
As far as your example, I think Pikmin 3's DLC is pretty half-assed. I think that a more substantial expansion to the single-player campaign plus extra missions and other things on top of that would make more people interested in it, especially people that already own the console. What are the sales of Pikmin 3? Less than 1 million? There's still 5 million people who already own wii u's that haven't bought pikmin 3? I think that over time it would a lot of value to each of their titles that even among people who already own the consoles you could increase sales quite a bit for every title.
