ihamoitc2005
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Today I have spoken with Nintendo employee and she said they have not decided on price but goal is "between $200 and $250". She also says she has seen many video demonstration but has not played Wii.
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ihamoitc2005
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Also she says she has been there for many years and internal excitement in Nintendo is most for Wii than GameCube and N64.
ihamoitc2005 said:
Also she says she has been there for many years and internal excitement in Nintendo is most for Wii than GameCube and N64.
mckmas8808
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ihamoitc2005 said:
What about compared to the DS?
mckmas8808
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When does Nintendo's fiscal year end?
mckmas8808
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pc999 said:
Well they might not be able to produce anymore than 6 million. And also A/V people will also want to buy the PS3 too. And they are not really gamers either per say.
mckmas8808
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pc999 said:
Ah yeah your right. Didn't think about that. Now I'm confused. Does anybody know when Nintendo's fiscal year ends?
They still need be cautious. Even if you can, you don't want to produce 42 million units in two days if the real demand is only 2 million. 6 million is a heck of a lot! I don't know that we've seen that many from launch, a million a month, on any other console. Asa start, on new tech that hasn't been produced at all yet (by accounts the GPU isn't even done), it all sounds very ambitious to me. And if sales are they Nintendo can ramp up. The idea of producing more just because Sony are managing 6 million on PS3 (a target, not proven yet, very ambitious) and Wii is simpler ergo they should make more, doesn't strike me as sound reasoning 
That isnt my reasoning. What I am saying is that what they say sugests they think it will sell more than PS3 (gamers+no gamers+ second console (depending in others features meybe even more people)) it should be much easier to produce than PS3 yet they will "only" produce the same.
Meybe they are predicting a "slow" adoption rate (no gamers specialy) so they can lower production costs before they start really selling it to everybody.
Meybe they are predicting a "slow" adoption rate (no gamers specialy) so they can lower production costs before they start really selling it to everybody.
I'd still say they being cautious. No matter what they want it to do, selling to whole new audiences etc., they still have to show some business accumen. Better to start too low and ramp up production than produce them too quicklyt and scale down. There's no real desperate rush to get these out there. Nintendo aren't looking at a 'first to 10 million wins' target as they aren't really competing. It's a matter of pacing themselves and managing their production as suits them.
To consider the other possibility, if they were to make more, how many more, and can you be sure the market would take it up that quickly? What if they were to produce 10 million in 6 months? Is that something they should do? Let's say Nintendo can make any amount at launch. What would your choice be and why?
To consider the other possibility, if they were to make more, how many more, and can you be sure the market would take it up that quickly? What if they were to produce 10 million in 6 months? Is that something they should do? Let's say Nintendo can make any amount at launch. What would your choice be and why?
thatdude90210
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I'm going to take a stab at $229. It's exactly $100 more than the DS lite and somewhat inline with the yen numbers.
I'm going to predict that 6 million will not be enough, lines will be longer than the Xbox 360's in the USA, and will longer than DS lite lines in Japan... just based on the online buzz that I've seen and word of mouth buzz.
I'm going to predict that 6 million will not be enough, lines will be longer than the Xbox 360's in the USA, and will longer than DS lite lines in Japan... just based on the online buzz that I've seen and word of mouth buzz.
