We might get some news today from the London event.
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It seems like the only time for an announcement if there is going to be any, because the Kyoto cross thing is in early October, but the flyer is for september, so if there is any official price drop coming it needs to be announced before the kyoto event
Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)
| trestres said: @Alby: The fact that Wii has hit its 3rd worst week ever should be worrying for Nintendo, considering that sales will still be going down this week. Momentum has slowed dramatically from last year, so if they don't worry then the lower the Wii interest gets, the harder it will be for them to regain it. |
You could be right if after this week Wii has other bad weeks, but what we know from past experience is that bad weeks have always been quite isolated and followed by good ones up until now. And a bad Wii's week is still numerically equivalent to satisfying PS3 or XB360 weeks.
Obviously, if I am right, and the truth may also be with you or somewhere between, we don't know yet, Nintendo shouldn't wait for PS3 to grab 2nd place to react, as this would give Sony enough momentum to reduce the gap between 1st and 2nd, and this would be bad for Wii, the cut will be necessary if the current 2nd shows a trend towards exceeding Wii sales or if PS3 keeps enough momentum to overtake XB360 and its average sales are enough to start attacking 1st place after grabbbing 2nd, but in this case, only when the gap from 3rd to 2nd is getting so thin to not last more than a few months.
Here's the thing that I'm wondering, if this price cut is to begin on the 27th according to the flyer, in 11 days, so when is Nintendo supposed to announce it? Their next PR event is in October, after the price cut is supposed to happen.
Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)
| Avinash_Tyagi said: Here's the thing that I'm wondering, if this price cut is to begin on the 27th according to the flyer, in 11 days, so when is Nintendo supposed to announce it? Their next PR event is in October, after the price cut is supposed to happen. |
I think there is a small event in the uk coming up (or did it already pass?)
I think that summit happened on Wednesday
Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)
I still think if there is a price cut it must be solely from investors and/or third parties. Nintendo could not be this stupid. This is the worst timing ever for a price cut IMO.. Why cut the price right before your two biggest guns of the year are being released in Wii Fit + and NSMB Wii, which would easilly lift Wii sales until the holiday season? Makes absolutely no sense to me..
Why do these guys make statements like this...just say no comment.
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| Metallicube said: I still think if there is a price cut it must be solely from investors and/or third parties. Nintendo could not be this stupid. This is the worst timing ever for a price cut IMO.. Why cut the price right before your two biggest guns of the year are being released in Wii Fit + and NSMB Wii, which would easilly lift Wii sales until the holiday season? Makes absolutely no sense to me.. |
Explain to me how Wii Fit+ is going to boost Wii sales please.
Boost them in a considerable and longlasting manner, not just 1 week spike.
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Perhaps, that's what Malstrom thinks certainly, that its only for third parties.
But I have a theory, Iwata predicted NSMB Wii would sell 10 million by the end of the fiscal year:
http://www.edge-online.com/news/nintendo-new-games-could-sell-ten-million-each
But here's the thing, that would give NSMB Wii only about 21 or so weeks to do that, however it took the DS version longer to reach 10 million, now Iwata may be expecting the Wii version to be a better seller, but even then, reaching 10 million by the end f the fiscal year would be impossible, unless the game is bundled.
So I think Iwata confirmed that NSMB Wii will be bundled.
Now why would they cut the price just as they are about to release a new bundle? Well clearly the Wii Sports bundle is no match for the NSMB Wii bundle, because Wii Sports has already been surpassed by Wii Sports resort, if given the choice anyone would rather pick up NSMB Wii bundle and Wii Sports resort over Wii Sports bundle and NSMB Wii and/or Wii Sports resort. So what does Nintendo do with the Wii Sports bundle, it has to price them to move.
So I'm almost certain now that this price cut is so they can slide in an NSMB Wii bundle into the $249.99 slot.
Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)
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