Investment firm Macquarie group claims NX reveal next week, will cost $300-350, expects disappointing sales

[WagnerPaiva]

Captain_Yuri said:

WagnerPaiva said:

Sure, low price is great, power is great. But the name of the game is profit. If they can make a move to ensure extra flow of cash, even if for a couple of months, that can do wonders for the company health. It will all depends on how interesting the product is. This is Nintendo big advantage, we know they will not only show us a box that have specs, there will be a extra attraction in it, or so they say. I would like to talk about this again after reveal.

Specs comparition will be a part of it, but the main thing is the misterious new thing they want to bring to the table.

I remember how confident Reggie was on the WiiU tablet, and it failed.

In other hand, I remember how ridiculous I thought the Wii was, but it sold 110 million units. And, so they say, made a ton of profit for Nintendo.

The wiiU's big disadvtange was its price tag for performance

The wii's big advantage was its price tag for its gimmicks

$200-$250 = impluse buy. No one has issues to try on something new if its $200-$250. But if the wii was $300-$350, it would have not sold as well considering the 360 was $400 and that sold really well.

Name of the game is profit but not for short term. Short term profitibility does not do anything if it affects the company's long term sales... If they make money for the first quarter and then lose the next 3, then the end result is a loss, not a gain. The NX needs to take off because it is coming from the wiiU. If the market thinks that it is another wiiU and they lose confidence from the start, it might end up having less sales from the wiiU which = less profits...

I understand what you are saying, and there is no wrong assertions or anything.

What I am saying is this: we all know new hardware from the big boys always sell out in the first 2 or 3 months, unless it is really really crappy or way to expensive.

So, I think Nintendo should, and I think they will, use this window, narrow as it is, to get extra profit from the early adopters. But maybe they will not do it, I do not know.