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megaman79 on 11 December 2008

yep, statistically ( especially in the past, 30's, 40's, think wizard of oz) even this year more people are going to the movies and also the video game market seems to the only industry that has, compared with other sales, been much less affected by the overall retail drop.



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FreeTalkLive on 11 December 2008
RolStoppable said:
The recession helped in so far as it made the console with the highest perceived value even more valuable to the consumers. It's not so much about the price as it is about the value.

This is spot on.

 



 

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yushire on 11 December 2008

Hmm. Didnt know that, good to know... Anyway I wonder if in coming January Wiis are in 500,000 a week right now, it happened during 2007 christmas season then in January of 2008 making early months of 2008 seem looks like holiday season...



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E3 2006-The beginning of the end. Wii introduced

 

E3 2008- Armageddon. Wii motion plus introduced. Wii Music. Reggie says Animal crossing was a core game. Massive disappointment. many Wii core gamers selling their Wii.

 

E3 2010- Tape runs out

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megaman79 on 11 December 2008

I think they finally got the numbers right this year and we will see record after record till May again.



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

Millennium on 11 December 2008

If it were all about price, the 360 should have seen a much bigger boost, and it should have come at the Wii's expense.

The recession is probably helping consoles in general, much as the Depression helped the motion picture industry. But I don't think it's favoring any one console.



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patjuan32 on 11 December 2008

I think the recession helped consoles in general but not one particular console. The problem with the Wii has always been it's demand is greater than its supply. Now Nintendo has increased their supply to fill the demand. Remember the demand has always been there.



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yushire on 11 December 2008

Now Im just thinking when this selling last till the saturation point, I think the Wiis are keeping selling even the Wii hits 50 million and still not pass the saturation point.



end of core gaming days prediction:

 

E3 2006-The beginning of the end. Wii introduced

 

E3 2008- Armageddon. Wii motion plus introduced. Wii Music. Reggie says Animal crossing was a core game. Massive disappointment. many Wii core gamers selling their Wii.

 

E3 2010- Tape runs out

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/march2009/ICG_Tape_runs_out.jpg

amp316 on 11 December 2008

If it were about price, the 360 would be out selling everyone.



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megaman79 on 11 December 2008

What does that mean exactly for the Wii? The saturation point for this product, marketable to almost everyone, could be incomprehensible even to people that have experience with "the everyone market" like Will Wright and Disney.

Any saturation assumption is probably unrealistic when considering how different the Wii actually is



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

yushire on 11 December 2008
RolStoppable said:
yushire said:
Now Im just thinking when this selling last till the saturation point, I think the Wiis are keeping selling even the Wii hits 50 million and still not pass the saturation point.

When you say 50m, you are talking only about America, right?

 

 Why? do you think the saturation point will hit in 50 million in america alone? D: Im talking in worldwide. In that time, the competiton have nothing to compete anyway, I think in that time HD consoles hits the saturation point.

 



end of core gaming days prediction:

 

E3 2006-The beginning of the end. Wii introduced

 

E3 2008- Armageddon. Wii motion plus introduced. Wii Music. Reggie says Animal crossing was a core game. Massive disappointment. many Wii core gamers selling their Wii.

 

E3 2010- Tape runs out

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/march2009/ICG_Tape_runs_out.jpg