Need advice on Wii

[Jeenyuss]

If my friends saw me waiting in line for hours to buy a video game, i wouldnt see tomorrow.

lol dude me 2. but i mean dats every day 4 me. i live in kingston n im fukin hard n every tyme i even see 2morrow i thank god. shit itz not ez bein a kid in kingston.

[Pearl Jam]

Sry bro, your sad.

If my friends saw me waiting in line for hours to buy a video game, [/i]i wouldnt see tomorrow[i].

That's fucked up. If your friends are threatening to send you back in time if you stand in line for the Wii, it sounds like you need new friends.

[Pearl Jam]

And seriously, can we all agree that "Wii" is the worst name ever. For anything.

[Troll King]

I was saying, if Nintendo focuses on profit in indirectly means they are also competing in the console war. Because more selling means more profit. That doesn't mean however that when Microsoft states they wanna win the console war they indirectly go for most profit.

That is not to say they don't go for profit. Microsoft, by winning the console war, is doing all that for profit. They might have to wait 6 years. If after 6 years, your profit starts rolling in, and winning the console war, you make much more profit then Nintendo did in those 6 years, you had the better strategy. But yes, of course you have to be able to take a strategy like this which Sony and Microsoft can do, and Nintendo can't.

Nintendo just states they just wanna make profit, which indirectly means they want to win the console war, and other way around. Microsoft and Sony want to win the console war right now, to make a lot of profit in the end.

And I'm saying that if that were your definition of the console war, making profit, then you cannot say that Nintendo is losing. By making a profit, they are by definition, winning the console war. By that criteria, you could also say that Microsoft, at this point, is losing the console war. Generally speaking however, when people talk about the console war, they are only talking about market share alone, without looking at the profit margin. And while having a higher market share means higher profits than a lower market share, in the case of Nintendo, that doesn't seem to be an important factor. Making an immediate profit is their aim, even if it means not selling as much as the competition does.

[genocidal]

I think Wii is the most awesome name for it because it's so stupid and Jap sounding.

[Liquid Blue]

Silly Nintendo though.

No DVD player and only two online capable games. How do they expect to win the console war.

-Cheapest of the 3 next-gen systems by at least $150 bucks

-launched with 29 games on the first day, including big hitters like COD3, Red Steel and Zelda

-providing a game experience like no other system around

-games for all ages and genres, even in the launch titles

-Giving customers the ability to download old games from systems like the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, NES, and many other others

-Being able to download said retro games from Day 1 of launch

-Making sure to market their system as a video game system and not end-all be-all electronic powerhouse.

How is the last point relevant, you ask? By simply focusing on gaming and not on playing dvd's, having top of the line graphics and having an innovative, original control scheme, the Wii will be the perfect complement to the other systems. Most people will not be able to afford all 3 systems, and with the 360 and ps3 so similar in top-graphics, game libraries and control schemes, most people aren't going to buy both. What alot of people are doing though, is getting one of the two systems, and a Wii. Some people might only be able to get one system, and the low price and fun-orientated game play will push those people to get a Wii.

They turned the competition into comrades. They don't need to convince you how their system is better than the others, they just need to show you that their system is different from the rest of the pack and let the low price do the rest of the work.

And no, they aren't trying to win the console war. TK is right, they are out to make money. Making money doesn't equal to them wanting to win the war, they don't have the desire to beat out the ps3 and 360. They want to make as much money as possible, and how do they do this? Focus on gaming, on appealing to the wallets of people and their need for variety. They aren't trying to win the war, they are trying to sell video games. Period. Fuck the war, they aren't bothered by it, they have better and bigger shit to deal with.

[Ignominy]

get off forums and go play yours, fucker.

[Zerzera]

Galleleo broke economy

[Galleleo]

And I'm saying that if that were your definition of the console war, making profit, then you cannot say that Nintendo is losing. By making a profit, they are by definition, winning the console war. By that criteria, you could also say that Microsoft, at this point, is losing the console war. Generally speaking however, when people talk about the console war, they are only talking about market share alone, without looking at the profit margin. And while having a higher market share means higher profits than a lower market share, in the case of Nintendo, that doesn't seem to be an important factor. Making an immediate profit is their aim, even if it means not selling as much as the competition does.

Nowhere did I say that the definition of the console was was making profit. The console war in itself is all about market share. But in the end it's all about profit. And to get the most profit, you will want the biggest market share. Nintendo just wants profit now, which means they have to make decisions on the console to make it cheaper yet profitable etc. Microsoft and Sony can afford to make losses to make profits in the long term.

All that I am saying is that in the end all company's want the same. Making the most profit possible which basicly means having the biggest market share. That doesn't mean that Nintendo doesn't want to be making profit from the beginning and will do whatever they can to get the biggest market share. But it is ideally what they are after.

[Zerzera]

Galleleo broke economy

[genocidal]

All that I am saying is that in the end all company's want the same. Making the most profit possible which basicly means having the biggest market share. That doesn't mean that Nintendo doesn't want to be making profit from the beginning and will do whatever they can to get the biggest market share. But it is ideally what they are after.

Oh damn, I was under the impression corporations had environmental and safety interests first and foremost.

[Liquid Blue]

get off forums and go play yours, fucker.

I don't have one, like I said I sat in line for my buddy who had to work the night shift.

[project dragon]

Sullivan, IN - A man is stabbed as he and a friend try to rob two other men of their newly acquired systems. He is in critical condition following emergency surgery.


Manchester, CT - Five men surround a new Playstation 3 owner as he exits a store with his purchase, beat him, and drive off with his console. As they escape they push one of their own out of the car, a 17 year-old male now being charged with multiple crimes.





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how do they do the sales in the US? from the news clips ive seen online (not really that credible but..), it looks like they just open the doors and let people rush in for the ps3. I like how they did it in tiny Kitchener, giving tickets to the people in line a few hours before the store opened. That way people waiting dont have to wait the entire time for nothing. And they only let people with tickets in the store to purchase their consoles and extras.
Haven't heard of anything bad happening in Canada.
While I waiting in line for the wii, someone said a wal-mart somewhere did "musical chairs" to give out their ps3's. first 10 to sit in a chair got a ps3. Was that true? cause I think that's jsut retarded

[ConcreteSchlyrd]

giving tickets to the people in line a few hours before the store opened. That way people waiting dont have to wait the entire time for nothing. And they only let people with tickets in the store to purchase their consoles and extras.

That's the way it happened here.

[Zerzera]

All that I am saying is that in the end all company's want the same. Making the most profit possible which basicly means having the biggest market share.

All that I am saying is that a company's main goal is continuity.