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A price cut wouldn't change anything. It's not like people are waiting for a price drop atm - N need to capture people's interest with new, exciting software. I don't know what they were thinking, honestly. It's been months since they released major titles.




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Soleron said:
They should bundle Wii Sports Resort with the Wii in Japan when it comes out.

The reason?

JP Wii sales, week of the 28th: 18,319
Wii Sports sales, week of the 28th: 4,483

Attach rate: Only 24.5%

People aren't being introduced to what Wii can do like what Wii Sports does in the other territories. This dampens word-of-mouth marketing and leads to reduced Wii sales in a downward spiral...

I agree. The fact that Wii Sports isn't bundled with the Wii in Japan is mind-boggling, to me.



that's the way business is done.



I agree. What's the point of dropping price when you're getting outsold by a console with a higher price point. Price isn't the issue. It's the lack of compelling software. And once again, Nintendo is almost alone in creating compelling software for thier system and not able to meet the demand of hungry consumers (like in the GC days).

However I'm sure MH3 and DQX will be big boosters, once they arrive.



 

He said that, but I don't see anything being done in the near future to force a change. WSR is coming out in 2 - 3 months and I'm sure they have SW that's ready. They treated consumers like they were ignorants, that's the truth. And 3rd parties craped on the Wii this whole time. If Nintendo knew 3rd parties weren't going to release shit, why the hell didnt they step up and at least try to fill the gaps with some decent software. You cant sell a console with 6 year old ports, no.

Lack of planning and vision caused this. I still have my doubts know about WSR, in 3 months the situation could be catastrophic for the Wii.



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trestres said:
He said that, but I don't see anything being done in the near future to force a change. WSR is coming out in 2 - 3 months and I'm sure they have SW that's ready. They treated consumers like they were ignorants, that's the truth. And 3rd parties craped on the Wii this whole time. If Nintendo knew 3rd parties weren't going to release shit, why the hell didnt they step up and at least try to fill the gaps with some decent software. You cant sell a console with 6 year old ports, no.

Lack of planning and vision caused this. I still have my doubts know about WSR, in 3 months the situation could be catastrophic for the Wii.

 

 I agree with that.  I've been saying for some time Nintendo needed to bump that up to an earlier release window - at least in Japan - to avoid Wii becoming 'old and boring' to the general public.    Either that or release some other mid - big game(s) in the meantime.

But this is Nintendo and as always, they move at their own pace.  No game will be release before it's fully ready, and in a way I'm grateful for that, but it may not be the best business move in this case.



 

Poor wii.



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Good to hear that. Games are what makes a console sell. And new colours. Lol.



Good thing is that atleast they acknowledge the problem that Wii is not selling the way it should be.. so i m sure they r going to come up with something exciting for it in E3



Well, after releasing game after game for the Wii in the first two years, they were gonna run out of games to release for a while...

Remember, real good games take a long time to make and release.

And with 3rd party companies releasing either crap, or games w/o brand names on the Wii, while releasing their sure-fire hits with brand names on the HD consoles, the Wii is going to hit some real turbulence soon.



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