SEGA’s thoughts on Wii HD, believes Nintendo can afford to drop price of the Wii
January 3rd, 2010 Posted in News, Posted by Valay, WiiThis is another snippet responding from Constantine Hantzopoulos on the most recent 4 Guys 1UP podcast. Hantzopoulos was asked if he would be interested in Wii HD (from a developer’s standpoint) and also whether he thinks Nintendo would want it. He indicates that while he isn’t sure what Nintendo’s game plan is, he acknowledges that profits are down for the company and instead could decide to lower the price of the Wii.
“The interesting thing is Nintendo, they make money off of every console they sell. I think one of the big things that we found out is it really is a mass market product where mom or whoever goes out, the 80% of the people out there who go out and buy a Wii box are happy with Wii Sports and they don’t really need another game. Or if they do need another game, they’ll buy Wii Resort because it comes with a free Wiimote or Wii Play…So, honestly I don’t know…You can obviously see that profits are down for Nintendo. I think the Wii is on its tail slide, unless they drop the price to like 80 bucks then you’ll start seeing it flying off the shelves. And I believe they’ll still make money if they drop it to 80 bucks…Point being is they have the ability to lower the price on the Wii [...] where Sony and Microsoft cannot do that.”
- Nintendo on Wii price drop, lack of Wii Sports Resort/MotionPlus bundle Published on: September 24, 2009
- Target also says Wii price drop is coming Published on: September 17, 2009
- Rumor: Wii to receive a price drop in October Published on: September 11, 2009
- Pachter: Wii could receive bundles or price drop, DS price drop possible Published on: July 30, 2009
- Nintendo of America: Don’t blame us for lack of localized games, no Wii price drop coming, E3 details Published on: March 27, 2009
19 Responses to “SEGA’s thoughts on Wii HD, believes Nintendo can afford to drop price of the Wii”
By Gavin on Jan 3, 2010
lol, Wii Resort.
By joe on Jan 3, 2010
I f they drop it to $1 every one in the world might buy it!!! If only they werent still outselling their competiters
By bob on Jan 3, 2010
i listened to the podcast like an hour ago he said wii resort but he meant wii sports resort. and yea some things thisdude is saying is dumb
By cubedboywii101boy on Jan 3, 2010
its a anti nintendo statement AGAIN… a industry in fear of its MASTER its
kiddy casual fad all rolled into one single anti nintendo rant
he wants consumers to think nintendo owes them something like HD or a 80 dollar console
and everyone will magically stop supporting the wii its sour grapes from a near doomed totally inept EX console making company thats all
and folks only play wii sports
im corrently playing
cod reflex/2d mario wii/mario kart/wii sports resort/pro evo
ds im playing spirit tracks gta and some older shit
this guys talking anti nintendo BS NOT MAINSTREAM
EXPLAIN SALES OF WII FIT MARIO MARIO KART AND OTHERS IF Wii and nintendo aint mainstream
sega operates at loss nintendo at billions profit
shut up sega
By Rob on Jan 3, 2010
Hes right in a way. Software sales are not very high other than NINTENDO games. Even those games sales numbers are high but considering how many wii’s are out there games should sell better, but people really arent buying games other than Nintendo games like Mario Kart etc.
The Wii has the worst gaming library of any console in recent time. There are very few games worth getting and most are just you Marios, Zeldas and Metroid.
By Caelum on Jan 3, 2010
Really? Mot to be a fanboy, but it seems like you’re overlooking a few titles like:
Little King’s Story, Rune Factory: Frontier,
No More Heroes (and likely it’s sequel), Dead Space Extraction, de Blob, Excitebots, Wario Land: Shake It!, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, enhanced versions of Resident Evil 4 and Okami,
By Caelum on Jan 3, 2010
(Sorry, accidentally clicked the submit button)
Zack & Wiki, Punch-Out, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, MadWorld, The Conduit, World of Goo… The list goes on and on, even without your “Marios, Zeldas, and Metroids,” of which there are plenty. In fact, it’d be better if people stopped complaining about low sales and actually bought some of the good titles out there… Then maybe more companies would continue to deliver good games!
By Gavin on Jan 3, 2010
To be honest, if I were in the hardware business, Sega would be the last company in the world that I’d take advice from when it comes to consoles. The console business didn’t go down so well for them, remember.
By LOL? on Jan 4, 2010
HAHAHA stupid Sega, they are just jealous cause they never, in their entire console career ever came close to Nintendo’s fame and profits!!!!
By Alex on Jan 4, 2010
The Wii compared to the other systems is casual. Nintendo has more or less stated that was there intent to widen their install base. The positive is there is a wide variety of experiences in terms of games available on the platform. The negative is there is a less of a focus on the small demographic of hardcore gamers.
Which means they have alot of casual gamers on the console and they need to be sold on most of those games you mentioned because they never heard of them and won’t take the time to keep up with the game library because they are casual. What they do instead is go with the Marios and Metriods beacause they are safe bets. Plus the advertising dollars for Wii seem to go to these games and Just Dance.
There is alot of opportunity on the Wii to more or less convert these gamers to hardcore gamers. I think Nintendo really isn’t planing on doing that though by not introducing gamers to other games.
Also its biggest asset is also a liability the motion control. It sure made the console more accessible by changing the controller. Honestly I have mixed feelings about a motion controller. I have not used the motion plus attachment but having the need for one indicates problem with the stand alone controller. Also having the nunchuk is nice both in your hands feels pretty natural. But when shopping for new games its a little confusing to check the back of the package for controller requirements. Honestly the wiimote should always come with a nunchuck would simplify things in my opinion.
By matt on Jan 4, 2010
look jan 2010 skycrawlers,no more heros 2,tatsunoko vs capcom ultimate allstars,3 hardcore games with graphics to match im getting all 3 plus in feb ill get GTI club wii,sin punishment 2,theres 5 real gamers games better than majority of 360 fact,march red steel 2,monster hunter 3,and another 2 7 major gamers games in Q12009 then your gonna get games like galaxy 2,the grinder,ect plus start to hear more on Ubisofts 2 AAA wii games,Retro studios AAA project,Capcom have 9 major releases before april 2010 just on wii based on there biggest franchises ect trust me from now to june expect huge announcements from 3rd partys ect we will see if im right
By matt on Jan 4, 2010
oh sega put some crap out the door didnt they HOTD was rubbish,Madworld good but cost very little to make and its niche,Conduit sega gave HVS a unrealistic timeframe/budget which messed that game up technically amazing but thats it HVS have said with the new games Immortal warriors,Gladiator AD,Conduit 2,The Grinder are funded in house now so much higher quality products can be made so expect big upgrade in graphics,AI,story,ect
By joe on Jan 4, 2010
Caelum,and matt are right. The Wii has some amazing games, and an unbelievable lineup for 2010.
By joe on Jan 4, 2010
Sega should tell it’s people to stop talking. Is this the same guy who said Madworld, Overkill, and TC all sold very well after realease? Third party titles do have a hard time selling on the wii, but Sega’s mature titles sell like crap no matter what system they’re on.
Maybe they should examine themselfves before passing the blame.
Gamesradar had a great artical of 2009 Wii games geting outsold by the same publishers crap. Too bad Sega puts out five peices of shovelware for quality title somone eles makes for them.
If they drop it to $1 every one in the world might buy it!!! If only they werent still outselling their competiters. Sega should tell it’s people to stop talking. Is this the same guy who said Madworld, Overkill, and TC all sold very well after realease? Third party titles do have a hard time selling on the wii, but Sega’s mature titles sell like crap no matter what system they’re on. Maybe they should examine themselfves before passing the blame. Gamesradar had a great artical of 2009 Wii games geting outsold by the same publishers crap. Too bad Sega puts out five peices of shovelware for quality title somone eles makes for them.
By joe on Jan 4, 2010
sorry about the double post in one above. I don’t know what happend
By Dee on Jan 4, 2010
Sigh, once again another 3rd party saying “wah wah, our games don’t sell on the Wii, it’s the kids & moms fault”
lets face it, 3rd parties have completely missed the boat with the wii. They ignored it at the start, and continue it not give it the attention it deserves.
nintendo games sell for a reason – they’re good. i played madworld – nice style, but no depth and not worth playing after 10 minutes.
sega, don’t give me this shit about not being able to sell games on the wii if you’re going to put out nothing but turd.
would madworld sell on the 360/ps3? no. would house of the dead? maybe
By wiicudedDA'boy101 on Jan 4, 2010
nintendo needs advice from sega
yeah right rolls-eyes