freebs2 on 30 May 2015
| TheLastStarFighter said: The problem is people don't like to buy something they perceive as crap, no matter how cheap. A system launched at $99 will Ber perceived as crap, and mocked on playgrounds, in dormrooms and in chatrooms. At the same time people will fork over twice what they would pay for a console for something like an i-thing that is trendy and then marvel at the SNES quality games on it. No, Nintendo should pursue something that the masses will think of as cool, whether that be a Two/Five level console or the next Wii type innovation. Speaking of Wii, it would have sold well at $400 at launch, the $250 price was only a bonus; and it's a great example of the value of image and a desirable product. Taking the bargain basement root is the last stop before failure . |
Affordable doesn't mean crappy, the DS and Wii were mocked in chatroom and yet they've managed to sell 250m units combined.
That's the whole point of "don't market it as a competitor of PS and XB but market it as an addition or an alternative". If you're trying to convince people you have the next Ps4, you fail and end up in the bargain bin then you'll end up being percieved as crappy. If you propose yourself as something different even a 99$ prince could be reasoneble depending on what you offer. (then again, I'll repeat myself, 99$ is taking it to the extreme)
