Nintendo: Current Objective Is To Sell Wii To Late Adopters
Following the reveal of their new Wii U system at E3 2011 last week, Nintendo conducted a Q&A session with analysts at the event, to field questions about their current and future plans. A transcript of this is now online and provides interesting insight regarding the company’s ongoing focus.
The Wii U doesn’t launch until 2012, which leaves the current Wii to serve as Nintendo’s home entertainment system for the remainder of the year, at the very least. When questioned as to how Nintendo would continue to sell Wii systems, considering that the impending release of the Wii U might appear more attractive to some, Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata , replied that the solution was to sell the system to late adopters.
“This is a group of people who, despite the Wii becoming a social phenomenon, still have not bought the system,” Iwata emphasized. “So, we need to move beyond that and try to find other reasons for them to want to purchase the system.”
Iwata and Nintendo of America president, Reggie Fils-Aime, both believe that holiday season sales become increasingly important when selling to the late adopter, as does the concept of focusing on regions like Latin America, which provide further growth opportunities. The Hispanic consumer shares family values matched by Nintendo products, Fils-Aime believes.
Additionally, a Mario Kart Wii I’d say localizing Xenoblade and The Last Story for North America would be likely be effective to that end. I haven’t played Last Story yet, but my goodness, Xenoblade is such a great RPG. Its my personal #1 Wii game just ahead of Trauma Team, in my opinion Tetsuya Takahashi’s best work thus far, and one of my favorite games of all time. I’d say localizing Xenoblade and The Last Story for North America would be likely be effective to that end. I haven’t played Last Story yet, but my goodness, Xenoblade is such a great RPG. Its my personal #1 Wii game just ahead of Trauma Team, in my opinion Tetsuya Takahashi’s best work thus far, and one of my favorite games of all time.
The cynic in me believes they are focusing on the hardware since once you’ve purchased the system you’ll be forced to go find the games for yourself. I personally hate this approach. You sell hardware by having great software, not the other way around!
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