super_etecoon on 02 July 2008
| DMeisterJ said: Nintendo could have launched at 300 and made an ish-load of money. This will be the generation of lost opportunity costs. I mean, if Nintendo launched at 300, they'd have an extra 1.5 billion in profit (since they sell the Wii for a profit anyway). ~30 mil * 50 bucks. That's crazy. Combined with the reported 1 billion they didn't make last winter because of the lack of consoles, and that's 2.5 billion lost in opportunity costs. I bet sony and MS wish they would have had cheaper consoles, and been less graphic heavy as well... |
Hmmm...I comepletely disagree.
Part of the perfect storm for thw Wii has to do with affordability.
If the Wii was priced at $299 much of the gaming community would have backlashed. The only reason everyone was ok with $249 was because it shipped with a game (most people expected it to retail for $199).
Granted, people are willing to drop $300--400 on a Wii these days...but at the time of launch Nintendo's future was still unknown and was greatly shaped by the media storm that followed.
