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Forums - Nintendo - Nintendo Forecasts Miss Estimates as Wii Sales Slow

bardicverse on 07 May 2009
mikescoff said:
A price drop would however indicate falling sales and popularity which imo would call into question the longevity of the wii

 

So that would imply that the PS3 is the least popular console around, since its already had more than 1 pricedrop? And the XB360 not far behind? Since the Wii hasnt yet had one, by your logic, Mike, then you are saying that the Wii is the most popular console, which will have the longest longetivity.

Just saying, based on your (il)logic



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Arius Dion on 07 May 2009
Viper1 said:
mikescoff said:
A price drop would however indicate falling sales and popularity which imo would call into question the longevity of the wii

You question the longevity of the Wii based on the fact that by year 3-4 it might get a price cut?   No console in history has ever gone this logn without warranting a price cut yet you question the longevity of the Wii?   

I cannot believe you are looking at this so completely backwards.   The volume of time before a price cut is a good measure of longevity.   Therefore the Wii is destined to have a very extensive longevity.

 

Arious, I should leave it be but sometimes it's fun to see a person be thought a fool, continue to speak and remove all doubt.

LoL, indeed it is. Bard, glad you mentioned that because I was going to as well. Didn't the PS3 get a price drop in Japan not 9 months in?

 



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famousringo on 07 May 2009
kowenicki said:
To be fair in Japan the sales for this year so far compared to last year AND the year before are down a hell of a lot... they are about a 1/3 of both those years.

I dont think that has anything to do with game releases and everything to do with demand.

 

Obviously it does have to do with demand, but software is a huge factor driving demand. And nowhere is that more true than Japan. NA and EU sales have kept up better than Japan for two reasons: The first is that the big system sellers Wii Fit and Mario Kart have kept more momentum in those regions than they have in Japan (nevertheless, these games are still the biggest drivers of what little Japanese sales are left), and the second is that 3rd party Wii releases have been more frequent and compelling in the West than they have been in Japan.

So yes, the problem is demand, and Nintendo obviously needs to prop it up. They're going to do the only thing they've done to prop up Wii demand in the past two years: Release more games and more peripherals. If those fail to generate sufficient demand, then Nintendo is going to have to look at other options for the first time since launch.



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