Nintendo Wii and disaster probability

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1. I would say definitely marketing. Nintendo has problems with marketing at least with home consoles.

2. i agree. Virtual console and wifi will be ok. Maybe a bit short of features the first months because of the novelty but not a problem. Marketing is going to be complicated. Specially in the US where the DS has not been a crazy success like in Japan.Stupid third party launch titles like Mortal Kombat are going to make the Wii harder to sell to the target audience. (not kid but a realy trully family console as the 2600 was)

3. I guess the biggest thing Nintendo might have a disaster with are third party support and Wifi Connection, it will do great in all the other areas…

4. With the gamecube the lack of support was a problem. With the Wii the thirds parties are not so important. That is the Nintendo master stroke.

5. I think Nintendo will sellout there first couple of shipments before we even know _if_ it sucks. I think this time around they've done the best marketting of any of the 3 main groups. Name release alone caused a frenzy of interest.I think they've learned their lessons. Exciting times ahead.

6. Well, we won't have to worry about games. Wii should have around 20-30 games available at launch. What did the GameCube have, less than 10?

7. [RANT]My problem is, here in Munich (Germany) you have to try really hard to find the Nintendo stuff between all the Sony and MS offerings with their huge displays and even dedicated store areas. If I had to choose a word for how Nintendo products are showcased, it'd be 'listless' or even 'uninterested'. They are usually hidden in the back, with no display whatsoever, add to that that the (usually broken) demo units are few and far between… Plus, if they are working, chances are they'll run some old launch-era game. That, or it will be in the kiddie/toy section running an old version of Pokémon (or YugiOh etc). No need to elaborate why that is a bad idea… By the time you arrive at the Nintendo stuff you really have seen each and every thing their competitors offer – I don't think they will get (m)any customers besides the well-informed, determined nerds or their DS-L infected 'victims' (chalk up seven for me 😀 ).Trying to get optional stuff like game protectors and other accessoires is quite a difficult task… if you can live with cheap crap. To find a Nintendo DS game protector/case of decent quality is nigh impossible – unless you go online (i.e. buy outside Munich) or find one of the few game stores (that sell even their second-hand stuff at outrageous prices).What really bakes my cake is that you can waltz into any bigger shopping centre or even electronics store and get your choice of 5-20 Euro Sony/Microsoft 'value' games literally from a pyramid of games that stands somewhere open and accessible… even new releases are decently priced (50 Euro). That's quite a difference to the Gamecube games that sell for 30 (Players choice) to 60 Euro ('new' games, e.g. months-old Resident Evil 4).Owning a Nintendo console is kinda like owning a Apple product, everyone thinks you're crazy – and you pay a hefty markup to prove them right. ;)They seriously need to get their **** together… Dunno, maybe pay some guys to patrol through the shops of a city and have them give feedback, then act upon those reports. If they sent that team to another major city each week they'd be done in half a year, tops. The ham-fisted way this whole mess is handled here in Munich ensures that Nintendo WILL keep their kiddie image and WILL lose each and every interested nongamer to their competition – at least in Munich. You can preorder the PS3 at EVERY store I've come across in the last two weeks (it's advertised with nice posters and in flyers in the print media) – not so for the Wii. It's as if Ninty was dead…

8. I'm not too worried about Nintendo blowing the Marketing or WiFi categories – I think they've learned lessons on both. I expect Wii to be the odd man out on 3rd party games. To me it seems beneficial to miss out on lame EA-esque move tie-ins.

9. 3RD PARTY GAMES

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