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BocaJuniors on 01 May 2009
theprof00 said:
you friggin' Europeans and your decimal point substitute!!

 

 

Im Latin American not european XD.



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theprof00 on 01 May 2009

Ah, I confused the argentinian flag with the portugal flag. My mistake. Still, you use european system.



thekitchensink on 01 May 2009
theprof00 said:
thekitchensink said:
theprof00 said:
bundling would give 3rd parties confidence in Nintendo's support for core games.
But Nintendo doesn't really care about that. They sell the majority of software for the wii anyways, and would rather sell even more, with less competition from outside sources.

 

 Nothing stopping them from bundling both Wii Sports and TC in the same box.

The bottom line will stop it. It costs money to bundle. Bundling is generally a tactic to help 3rd parties sell their software and make up for delivering a high budget console selling game.

Nintendo will never agree to this, because neither of those things make sense for nintendo.

 

 

 If a time ever came where Wii sales started slowing, and if they didn't feel like reducing the price, it's not inconceivable that they would bundle another game in addition to Wii Sports.  However, it would likely be something like Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart, or Brawl.  That said, even if they took a hit (not really a 'hit', but 'less profit'), a Conduit bundle would drastically increase their standings with third parties.

I still don't think it's going to happen, though.



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ctk495 on 01 May 2009
thekitchensink said:
theprof00 said:
thekitchensink said:
theprof00 said:
bundling would give 3rd parties confidence in Nintendo's support for core games.
But Nintendo doesn't really care about that. They sell the majority of software for the wii anyways, and would rather sell even more, with less competition from outside sources.

 

 Nothing stopping them from bundling both Wii Sports and TC in the same box.

The bottom line will stop it. It costs money to bundle. Bundling is generally a tactic to help 3rd parties sell their software and make up for delivering a high budget console selling game.

Nintendo will never agree to this, because neither of those things make sense for nintendo.

 

 

 If a time ever came where Wii sales started slowing, and if they didn't feel like reducing the price, it's not inconceivable that they would bundle another game in addition to Wii Sports.  However, it would likely be something like Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart, or Brawl.  That said, even if they took a hit (not really a 'hit', but 'less profit'), a Conduit bundle would drastically increase their standings with third parties.

I still don't think it's going to happen, though.

 

HV seems to confident regarding The Conduit sales I´m sure they have something under their sleeve.



theprof00 on 01 May 2009
thekitchensink said:
theprof00 said:
thekitchensink said:
theprof00 said:
bundling would give 3rd parties confidence in Nintendo's support for core games.
But Nintendo doesn't really care about that. They sell the majority of software for the wii anyways, and would rather sell even more, with less competition from outside sources.

 

 Nothing stopping them from bundling both Wii Sports and TC in the same box.

The bottom line will stop it. It costs money to bundle. Bundling is generally a tactic to help 3rd parties sell their software and make up for delivering a high budget console selling game.

Nintendo will never agree to this, because neither of those things make sense for nintendo.

 

 

 If a time ever came where Wii sales started slowing, and if they didn't feel like reducing the price, it's not inconceivable that they would bundle another game in addition to Wii Sports.  However, it would likely be something like Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart, or Brawl.  That said, even if they took a hit (not really a 'hit', but 'less profit'), a Conduit bundle would drastically increase their standings with third parties.

I still don't think it's going to happen, though.

I 100% agree.

It is just unlucky for the Conduit that it is being released soon. There will be more of a chance that such a thing happens later on, but for this one I am going to be extremely pessimistic.

 



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killeryoshis on 01 May 2009

99.99% chance of that happening. Now let's hope not to be in the 0.01% zone



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SJGohan3972 on 01 May 2009

the only bundling you'll see from Nintendo in the next year atleast besides the bundle they already have (Wii Sports) will be Wii Sports Resort, I have a hunch that you will eventually be able to buy a Wii with both of those games



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mjdans on 01 May 2009

low but even low odds are better than no adds at all.



metalmonstar on 01 May 2009

I think if Nintendo wanted to bundle there console with a game that would appeal more to the traditional crowd this would be the game to do it.

As far as a good business deal, it would not work in Nintendo's favor. People who want conduit already own a wii and it seems the other traditional gamers aren't going to be persuaded to make the switch. So as for improving Wii sales, it just wouldn't move many if any consoles. For conduit it would be great though. The wii sells well as it is and I am sure it would boost their software sales.

As a strategic move, it makes sense. It would be a way for nintendo to open up to both core gamers and 3rd parties. For their future interest they should do this. However they wouldn't see the benefit until probably late 2010.

In conclusion, I don't think Nintendo has even considered the possibility. Even if they had they probably would have turned it down because they realize that Conduit will fail to move more consoles then what is already being sold.



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11ht11 on 01 May 2009

0% chance IMO, this is nintendo not MS or Sony