IGN - 220k Wii Us sold in U.S. in Nov., 4.3 million worldwide, analyst talks price drop potential
Coming from IGN...
- unnamed source said 222,000 Wii U consoles were sold in the United States in November
- approximately 4.3 million Wii Us sold worldwide to date
- Nintendo would need to sell between 1.1 and 1.2 million Wii U consoles per month to reach their 2014 fiscal year goal
Coming from Jesse Divnich, VP of Insights at EEDAR...
"Even with the hardware constraints of the new hardware, Nintendo has their own battles to contend with but certainly they are not operating under favorable conditions with all the visibility and marketing the new platforms are getting. Hardware price drops should always be a last resort. They are permanent and have considerable impacts on the bottom line. That being said, price drops do increase hardware sales and both retailers and consumers will always pressure for lower price points, but it may not always be conducive to a healthy bottom line. I believe if Nintendo could drop the price without negatively impacting their bottom-line they would have. Once conditions are right, they are likely to drop the price again. We should anticipate a small uptick in hardware sales as Nintendo’s first party software has shown the ability to increase hardware sales."
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- unnamed source said 222,000 Wii U consoles were sold in the United States in November
- approximately 4.3 million Wii Us sold worldwide to date
- Nintendo would need to sell between 1.1 and 1.2 million Wii U consoles per month to reach their 2014 fiscal year goal
Coming from Jesse Divnich, VP of Insights at EEDAR...
"Even with the hardware constraints of the new hardware, Nintendo has their own battles to contend with but certainly they are not operating under favorable conditions with all the visibility and marketing the new platforms are getting. Hardware price drops should always be a last resort. They are permanent and have considerable impacts on the bottom line. That being said, price drops do increase hardware sales and both retailers and consumers will always pressure for lower price points, but it may not always be conducive to a healthy bottom line. I believe if Nintendo could drop the price without negatively impacting their bottom-line they would have. Once conditions are right, they are likely to drop the price again. We should anticipate a small uptick in hardware sales as Nintendo’s first party software has shown the ability to increase hardware sales."
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