Wii Legs Broken?

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Erik Aston on 23 July 2008

Nintendo has stated publicly that they don't want to drop prices. They've said so about both hardware and software at different times. It isn't a part of their business plan, period.

"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."

Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.

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ferret1094 on 23 July 2008

Do Nintendo game prices not drop in the US? Here the retailers do it for them, loads of Nintendo titles are under £20.

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bigjon on 23 July 2008

Great business plan...

my underlying point was that I feel ioi overtracked a few select titles in the past and now is over compensating for that. He did this earlier this year with Wii HW. He was high for Jan and Feb, but then was way low for March. Eariler in the year (namely January) ioi majorly over tracked SMG, when NDP came out he ended up adjusting alot downward.

I know that SMG will see a good cmas boost, but I am not so sure about Zelda. It will be lucky to add 150k during the 10 holiday weeks. I think SMG will manage at least 1 million in that timeframe. (MKWii could go nuts... I am think like 3 million during those 10 weeks., supply allowing, SSBB will do quite well too, 1.75-2 million over those 10 weeks)

End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)

Wii- 72 million 3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut