rocketpig said:
konnichiwa said:
rocketpig said:
konnichiwa said:
My definition of niche (what I have learned)..
Niche = A small portion/piece of the total market where the product has sold on...
If you have a meeting at your company where you state your product has sold to 10-20% of the available market the people are going to laugh with you if you call it is niche;..
If MGS4 is niche.... What are games like Okami, SMT then?
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Okay, if we are going to pick and choose the appropriate usage of words even when the dictionary contradicts us, from this point forward whenever anyone uses the word "niche", I am going to assume they mean this:
1. A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland.
If you buy MGS4, you are planning to use it to kill your dog. I better get the Human Society on speed dial, I have a lot of calling to do.
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Bro, I am not especially disagreeing with what you are saying I only hope that you never will be in the position where you have to present the sales of a product to your stockholders/colleques/boss and call it niche when it has sold 10-20% of the market.
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Actually, I'm in marketing and have used the term before to describe a very successful product. :D
"We're selling through extremely well to our expected niche", stuff like that makes complete sense, no matter how many products you're selling.
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This can means two things:
1) That you exceeded the niche market and the product is not niche as you expected...
2) That the product sold very great on the niche market available.
But now business company will call their product a niche product when it has sold to 10%-20% of the market.
