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So. The Nintendo Wii.
We've established that it will be good, that it will sell, that Nintendo know what they're doing.
The problem is, the next step is not something that Nintendo are usually very good at; Advertising.
If the rumours are to be believed, the Wii should be out sometime between September and November. If thats the case, they should really start drumming up interest now. They will want kids to have the Wii on their christmas list, general newspaper readers getting interested in this new idea and give time for casual gamers to come around to the idea that this is something new and different that they need to have.
But they need to get it right and they have so many options now that they've given the console THAT name. There are tons of pieces of music, tons of ways to get the right message across, far from being a nightmare (we all know the wii jokes by now) its actually an advertiser's dream.
But will they do much about it? Well, theres no sign yet that something is about to happen, but I really hope they have something lined up, otherwise the message just won't get out there in time and Wii will be the only ones to know about it...
We've established that it will be good, that it will sell, that Nintendo know what they're doing.
The problem is, the next step is not something that Nintendo are usually very good at; Advertising.
If the rumours are to be believed, the Wii should be out sometime between September and November. If thats the case, they should really start drumming up interest now. They will want kids to have the Wii on their christmas list, general newspaper readers getting interested in this new idea and give time for casual gamers to come around to the idea that this is something new and different that they need to have.
But they need to get it right and they have so many options now that they've given the console THAT name. There are tons of pieces of music, tons of ways to get the right message across, far from being a nightmare (we all know the wii jokes by now) its actually an advertiser's dream.
But will they do much about it? Well, theres no sign yet that something is about to happen, but I really hope they have something lined up, otherwise the message just won't get out there in time and Wii will be the only ones to know about it...
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Why are games more expensive?
If it's all the money they spend on graphics, why was I paying a similiar price back in the 80ies for games like Sonic and Street Fighter II?
If it's all the money they spend on graphics, why was I paying a similiar price back in the 80ies for games like Sonic and Street Fighter II?
Machie wrote:
> If you ask me games prices should have falled to atleast
> £19.99 by now.
Why? Games are more expensive to create than ever. And unlike eg movies they have far fewer revenue streams and more overheads.
> If you ask me games prices should have falled to atleast
> £19.99 by now.
Why? Games are more expensive to create than ever. And unlike eg movies they have far fewer revenue streams and more overheads.
Great if the console will be cheap but what about the games? are we still looking at a RRP of £44.99 for each game?
If you ask me games prices should have falled to atleast £19.99 by now.
If you ask me games prices should have falled to atleast £19.99 by now.
pb wrote:
> So. The Nintendo Wii.
>
> We've established that it will be good
Have we? So what were the games like to play?
> So. The Nintendo Wii.
>
> We've established that it will be good
Have we? So what were the games like to play?
Price does seem to count for a lot in consoles sales, the PS2 US sales were up in june (312,000) mostly due to the end of may price cut, the Xbox360 however did see a rise in sales to 277,000 and is catching up, but the industry had predicted that the uptake of the next gen machines would be slow.
But then consider the DS sales of a staggering 593,000 against the PSP's 221,000 sales.
No European June figures are available as far as I can see yet, to get the full picture...
But then consider the DS sales of a staggering 593,000 against the PSP's 221,000 sales.
No European June figures are available as far as I can see yet, to get the full picture...
Like I say... :-D
I think that it will sell reasonably well, but as the PS2 is still outselling the 360, maybe the consoles cheap price is all that is needed in the generation of gaming.
I on the whole, think that home entertainment consoles are all going downhill, and shall never reach the height the PS2 did.
Maybe it's time for a new innovation in gaming (again coming back the Revolution, (I hate calling it the Wii :-D))
Hmm... I was intending to say how the console won't sell well, and now it looks like I approve of the little thing.
I think that it will sell reasonably well, but as the PS2 is still outselling the 360, maybe the consoles cheap price is all that is needed in the generation of gaming.
I on the whole, think that home entertainment consoles are all going downhill, and shall never reach the height the PS2 did.
Maybe it's time for a new innovation in gaming (again coming back the Revolution, (I hate calling it the Wii :-D))
Hmm... I was intending to say how the console won't sell well, and now it looks like I approve of the little thing.
I'm pretty sure it won't though.
At bare minimum it's going to sell more than the Cube did...
At bare minimum it's going to sell more than the Cube did...
Wouldn't you feel silly if the Wii turned out to be a flop. ;-P
So. The Nintendo Wii.
We've established that it will be good, that it will sell, that Nintendo know what they're doing.
The problem is, the next step is not something that Nintendo are usually very good at; Advertising.
If the rumours are to be believed, the Wii should be out sometime between September and November. If thats the case, they should really start drumming up interest now. They will want kids to have the Wii on their christmas list, general newspaper readers getting interested in this new idea and give time for casual gamers to come around to the idea that this is something new and different that they need to have.
But they need to get it right and they have so many options now that they've given the console THAT name. There are tons of pieces of music, tons of ways to get the right message across, far from being a nightmare (we all know the wii jokes by now) its actually an advertiser's dream.
But will they do much about it? Well, theres no sign yet that something is about to happen, but I really hope they have something lined up, otherwise the message just won't get out there in time and Wii will be the only ones to know about it...
We've established that it will be good, that it will sell, that Nintendo know what they're doing.
The problem is, the next step is not something that Nintendo are usually very good at; Advertising.
If the rumours are to be believed, the Wii should be out sometime between September and November. If thats the case, they should really start drumming up interest now. They will want kids to have the Wii on their christmas list, general newspaper readers getting interested in this new idea and give time for casual gamers to come around to the idea that this is something new and different that they need to have.
But they need to get it right and they have so many options now that they've given the console THAT name. There are tons of pieces of music, tons of ways to get the right message across, far from being a nightmare (we all know the wii jokes by now) its actually an advertiser's dream.
But will they do much about it? Well, theres no sign yet that something is about to happen, but I really hope they have something lined up, otherwise the message just won't get out there in time and Wii will be the only ones to know about it...
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