The Wii without Nintendo

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theRepublic said:

sc94597 said:

theRepublic said:

sc94597 said:

brute said:
^but apple doesnt have any software experience(im talking about games)

Well they do know how to target the downmarket and upstream. I.E Ipod, Iphone I'm pretty sure they will get developers to make games for them to target these the same way nintendo does.

 

How does the iPhone target the downmarket?

The iPhone is targeted at smart phone users, which is on the high end of the market of all cell phone users.

It targets the regular person who doesn't want an iphone and then forces them to buy an upmarket product. This is called upstreaming.

 

The iPhone targets the person who doesn't want an iPhone?  I don't think so.  There is no forcing involved either.

 I think what you are trying to say is that the iPhone is the upmarket version of the iPod, which I would agree with now that I think about it.

On Topic: 

I agree with bdbdbd, a company with the right resources, and the correct business strategy (disruption in this case), would have been able to mimic the Wii's success had Nintendo not existed or went another route.  So yes, disruption is a sound business strategy, and that is really the core of what you are asking, Mr. Bubbles.

I thought he was originally meaning "smart phones" as a separate market segment, where iPhone definately is a downmarket product. But the problem is, that in the non-smart phones segment, there already are a lot of products with the core functions (in terms of customer demand) of the smart phones, which are cheaper and in many cases superior by hardware.