Misterd, him writing an article stating Nintendo will eventually have to cut the price is about as Captain Obvious as it gets. Of course at some point they will need to but to write an article with that angle in mind is mind bogglingly a load of "duh!"

The angle he approached his article is not so much that they will eventually need to but rather that they need to now on the grounds of lower manufacturing costs, increased supply, pent up demand, competitive 3rd party games, and monetary value.

All in all a very mendacious article that I'm surprised we're actually wasting our time giving it more than a cursory glance.

Come on guys... Bruce isn't that bad... and he's my father....

regin2005 said: LOL, here we all go again!!! I can see the Wii's price being cut by $50 at the end of 2009 / early 2010. MAYBE in mid 2009 at the least and the price'll go down about ten percent IF DEMAND is not as good as it is today. I hate these articles and will continue to hate them.

Your use of capitals were pretty funny. Gave the sense of a desperate urgent analyst guy throwin' numbers aroung. I expected it to end in PEEEEEAAAAWW!

i doubt the price cut
still too soon to me

Viper1 said: Misterd, him writing an article stating Nintendo will eventually have to cut the price is about as Captain Obvious as it gets. Of course at some point they will need to but to write an article with that angle in mind is mind bogglingly a load of "duh!" The angle he approached his article is not so much that they will eventually need to but rather that they need to now on the grounds of lower manufacturing costs, increased supply, pent up demand, competitive 3rd party games, and monetary value. All in all a very mendacious article that I'm surprised we're actually wasting our time giving it more than a cursory glance.

He doesn't say nor imply that they need to now, but that they need to be preparing for it now, so that they don't get caught off guard when the time comes. Not bad advice, but certainly unnecessary (very high on the "duh" quotient). However, most of the criticism here seems spurred more on his idiocy than  the ones here (which while flawed and pointless, are not nearly as bad as some crap that he's put out there).

misterd said: Viper1 said: Misterd, him writing an article stating Nintendo will eventually have to cut the price is about as Captain Obvious as it gets. Of course at some point they will need to but to write an article with that angle in mind is mind bogglingly a load of "duh!" The angle he approached his article is not so much that they will eventually need to but rather that they need to now on the grounds of lower manufacturing costs, increased supply, pent up demand, competitive 3rd party games, and monetary value. All in all a very mendacious article that I'm surprised we're actually wasting our time giving it more than a cursory glance. He doesn't say nor imply that they need to now, but that they need to be preparing for it now, so that they don't get caught off guard when the time comes. Not bad advice, but certainly unnecessary (very high on the "duh" quotient). However, most of the criticism here seems spurred more on his idiocy than the ones here (which while flawed and pointless, are not nearly as bad as some crap that he's put out there).

I think the first point he(Bruce) makes sort of kills the notion that preperation is needed. A price cut is the type of decision that once you begin seriously considering the cut you can have everything in place to make it official before you've even decided one way or the other.

You pretty much inform your retailers that you're lowering their costs and they then in turn choose when to drop price in their stores (typically fairly quickly depending on current stock purchased at older prices, which would be low with the Wii). I can't think of anything complicated in the process that couldn't be accomplished in 24 hours and I can't think of a need to have it accomplished in any time span under 7 days. I think you see what I mean but perhaps I missed something.

Paul said: Come on guys... Bruce isn't that bad... and he's my father....

 You should look for his "Post" about "the first and last" of my comments on his blog... I will give you a hint... is about cost of game development of the current gen consoles...

 

Edit: Oh yeah, on topic...

 

• GTA IV. This is going to transform the balance in the market strongly in favour of the HD consoles. The Wii is going to look increasingly last gen.
  
• The Microsoft Xbox 360 price cuts now make the Wii look very expensive. You get a whole lot more for your money with the 360.

 Both statements relies on his perception about the Wii and the HD consoles, the market clearly hasn´t the same perception about the products...

^ That's my second favorite thread of all time after the evolution thread that featured a picture of jesus riding a dinosaur.

misterd said: Viper1 said: Misterd, him writing an article stating Nintendo will eventually have to cut the price is about as Captain Obvious as it gets. Of course at some point they will need to but to write an article with that angle in mind is mind bogglingly a load of "duh!" The angle he approached his article is not so much that they will eventually need to but rather that they need to now on the grounds of lower manufacturing costs, increased supply, pent up demand, competitive 3rd party games, and monetary value. All in all a very mendacious article that I'm surprised we're actually wasting our time giving it more than a cursory glance. He doesn't say nor imply that they need to now, but that they need to be preparing for it now, so that they don't get caught off guard when the time comes. Not bad advice, but certainly unnecessary (very high on the "duh" quotient). However, most of the criticism here seems spurred more on his idiocy than  the ones here (which while flawed and pointless, are not nearly as bad as some crap that he's put out there).

Sure, I'll grant there is plenty of illogical statement made here but they are forum members, not former senior marketing directors from Codemaster posting in their high on pedestal blog.

The idea that he thinks his insights on when Nintendo should be prepared to cut their price is worthy of publication is both naive and arrogant.   To assume Nintnedo doesn't know when to cut their price is absolutely asinine and to back it up with 6 such blatantly moronic notions it just boggles my mind.

 

I'll completely disregard any points made in the piece simply because it stems from th emost talentless blog online...
Bruce FTL!!
I'll stick to Maelstrom, Dukecitygamerz and Cracked than you very much.