Kasz216 on 23 May 2008
| Sky Render said: On that model above, products normally follow a fairly linear progression: they start out pushing towards market saturation, and then occasionally attempt demographic expansion to keep from reaching an unmovable market position too soon. The Wii, however, is basically spiraling around it. Nintendo's been doing demographic expansion right from the start, meaning they're still orbiting inward instead of going straight forward. |
However, wouldn't this suggest that once the wii does hit it's top point it's collapse should be steeper due to the fact that they've already branched out in many directions?
Though admittidly said drop is likely to come long after PS3 and 360 if you count sales as the metric of time.
I mean, they will likely be able to buff this if they get more third party exclusives from big franchise titles and the like... but the Wii should generally have a different market curve then most systems.
Which granted won't matter in the console war since it's all about momentum. But something to consider when figuring where wii will end up once we get halfway through the wii's lifespan.
