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How many games can you play at once? How many consoles can Nintendo make per day? Not having both Zelda and Mario at launch is probably good for reducing dema
by mathw 10y ago
How many games can you play at once?
How many consoles can Nintendo make per day?
Not having both Zelda and Mario at launch is probably good for reducing demand a bit to help them keep up, because it's nice to sell out but not by too much.
Mario Kart's turning up a month later. Splatoon is coming during the year some time (can't remember if they said when).
And saving Super Mario Odyssey for next holiday season is clear marketing savvy. They get the Nintendo hardcore now, a nice flow during the year as the library strengthens, and then a big boom of Mario people for that bizarrely crucial holiday season.
And staggering out games with online multiplayer makes sense if this new service they're offering needs to have a bit of shakedown time.
- Aaargh20318 10y ago> How many games can you play at once? If there are 100 games released for a console, how many of those games would appeal to you ? 10? 20? How long do you play a game for before you've finished it. And then what ? One game every few months isn't enough. So they release Splatoon in a few months, I'm not interested in that so from my point of view there isn't anything to play that month.
- forgetsusername 10y agoYou're making some big claims about the cleverness of this marketing strategy. But I'm going to disagree that "reducing demand" and "staggering releases" are the way to release a video game console. I see no advantage to doing so.