"Hardcore revenue"? Oh my, the irony BURNS!
Tag - "No trolling on my watch!"
| kingofwale said: I don't understand.. why does matter if Wii makes more revenue in the casual user market? 360 will STILL make money in their own demographics. How will Wiifit hurt 360? The answer is.. no, it won't, so I don't see why it's a huge deal. It's only a huge deal if you are a true hardcore fanboy who might get his/her pride hurt |
I think the TC means when MS says, "More money was spent on our console and software than on the Wii."
Well, that is gross revenue.
Net revenue, that is actual profit, Nintendo has been leading the pack for quite some time.
I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.
NO NO, NO NO NO.
| Erik Aston said: Right now, there are few areas that Sony or Microsoft can claim victory over Nintendo in. But for Microsoft, one of those areas has been revenue, for a long time now. Even after Wii has passed them in worldwide install base and monthly unit software sales, higher hardware and software prices keeps 360 ahead in dollar spend, at least in America. But this is about to end. First of all, two high-price, high-profile releases for Wii should eradicate any revenue advantage 360 has. Wii Fit has been a smash hit in Japan, and Rock Band has been a smash hit on 360. Both games drop on Wii in America in the next few months. Certainly, 360 will see GTAIV in this period, but Wii will see Mario Kart, which will drive additional peripheral sales as well. Then sometime this year, 360 should see another price drop in America. And lastly, Wii should see increased hardware production, boosting sales of everything. In total, Wii should end up with a substantial revenue advantage. We know that 360's American hardware install base lead is also going to end at some point this year. The attach rate argument seems to have been disappearing since Cmas 07 sales numbers came out. With the death of the revenue defense, I'm not really sure what the next standard of success for 360 will become. Some combination of 3rd party attach rate, 3rd party revenue and online revenue or attach rate? Watch out for insultingly stupid standards like "revenue attach rate" or even "average sale price." |
They have already had a lot of sales on the Xbox360 and PS3, so the potential market for it would only be smaller. Anyone really into them would find out that the Wii is not the definative version anyway.
Tease.
Woah, a gimped port that costs nearly 70% of the system?
Oh Microsoft, you better watch out!
Besides, all the people saying that Wii Fit will be helped by shows like Oprah and other means of raising awareness, well, that means that it will have legs rather than a strong debut. So it will take quite a while to rack up the profits. Besides, if people are buying Mario Kart Wii in April, why would they want to rush out and buy a bunch of other peripherals? Their appetite isn't satisfied?
Mario Kart should be a strong contender for the Wii this year in America though.
RolStoppable said:
Am I reading this wrong or are you really predicting that every single Wii owner in America will buy Mario Kart before Wii Fit is released?  |
No, I'm just saying that if a large amount of NA Wii owners buy Mario Kart, why would that make them want more peripherals?
So of the 10 million Wii owners in NA, how many are going to get Mario Kart, and how many are going to get WiiFit, and how many will get both? Even if 5 million people get Mario Kart in NA, that still leaves another 5 million who might want WiiFit. Unless you think Mario Kart will have close to 100% attach rate?
besides, if it does really well on the Wii then it will also increase Xbox360 and PS3 console and game sales too. :)
Tease.
RolStoppable said:
Because Americans buy into fads.  |
Oh snap!
@Stever:
Except you're not going to have a 100% attach rate over non-bundled games. Consider that a bundled controller is different from a bundled peripheral though. As much as I'd love to stay though, Return of the King is on TV!
If neither are going to have 100% attach rates, both could very easily have very good sales, since not only do they appeal to different markets, but there's more than enough users to go around. Both could easily do 2 million first month.
And I'm watching The Two Towers, extended version. Watched Fellowship of the Ring yesterday. Probably finish Return of the King tomorrow. Lord of the Rings = win.
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