Post by: UncleBob on March 19, 2006, 05:14:59 PM
...by returning to your past.
And thus my idea for the Revolution's marketing campaign begins.
Think about Mall tours (and places like Wal*Mart, etc) where Nintendo not only shows off the new Revolution but also holds tournaments on classic NES, SNES and Nintendo 64 games - like Mario Kart, Tetris, etc. The trick is, Nintendo must provide classic controllers for these matches.
This would be a great way to get the older crowd back into the gaming market. I say this because today I brought my SNES to work to play some people against Super Mario Kart (and I sucked, badly...) and there was an older lady in the break room who said "You should have brought Tetris! I would have played then!" to which another older lady replied with "Yeah, I love Tetris, I'd beat you at that." which ended up with three of the ladys talking about different games they used to play on their kids' NESs....
It was fun.
Post by: wandering on March 19, 2006, 05:57:32 PM
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Post by: wandering on March 19, 2006, 06:35:59 PM
Post by: UncleBob on March 19, 2006, 06:40:58 PM
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Post by: ShyGuy on March 19, 2006, 09:57:06 PM
"Back, back, Doc what are you talking about?"
"Back to the future!"
Post by: Artimus on March 20, 2006, 05:59:22 AM
Post by: UncleBob on March 20, 2006, 06:02:24 AM
Post by: Ian Sane on March 20, 2006, 08:11:20 AM
That probably wouldn't be very good. If too many people just use the thing as a retro machine possibly not enough of them would buy new games. I assume that new game sales is where the real money is.
Post by: Caliban on March 20, 2006, 01:16:10 PM
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Post by: Sir_Stabbalot on March 20, 2006, 03:22:01 PM
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"I somehow geta feeling thsat the virtual console could over shadow the remote and be the *real* reason people buy a rev"
That probably wouldn't be very good. If too many people just use the thing as a retro machine possibly not enough of them would buy new games. I assume that new game sales is where the real money is.
Actually, downloads are almost 100% profit. Because they only need to pay for the servers, they don't need to actually construct and ship the cartriges/discs. Still, I doubt the games won't sell well as long as they're well thought out and not 100% sparkling innovation.
But then again, when has a third party game been well thought out?
Post by: nemo_83 on March 20, 2006, 09:06:50 PM
Post by: KDR_11k on March 20, 2006, 11:39:57 PM
Post by: animecyberrat on March 21, 2006, 05:45:05 PM
I am still skeptical of the controller and have my doubts about wether or not I will want to play new games with it. I am perectly happy playing my SNES and Genesis right now much more than even my GC so for me its easy to imaging JUST getting old games and being happy with a new game here and there.
Also the more systems they sell, no matter what the motivation is, equals larger userbase. More peole playing the system means more chances to sell games, even new games. Even though I have it on my NEs I am really looking forward to pl;aying Duck Hunt on the rev, hopefully they FINALY update it with newer graphics and new gameplay but I will be happy with the original game as it was for a while.
Post by: Talon on March 22, 2006, 12:17:32 AM
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Originally posted by: animecyberrat
I am perectly happy playing my SNES and Genesis right now much more than even my GC so for me its easy to imaging JUST getting old games and being happy with a new game here and there.
This is why Nintendo should downplay the virtual console. If people buy a revolution for the sole purpose of playing retro games its going to cannilbalize Revolution game sales. At E3 Nintendo needs to have their guns blazing convincing us why we should buy a Revolution over a PS3 or X360 and while the virtual console is a key factor it should be played down. Nintendo just needs to remind the general public that feature exists but thats about it. I want to know why I have had to wait over a year to find out what makes the revolution so revolutionary? I want to know why I should give up conventional ways of playing games in favour of the revolution remote? I want to know what kind of games Nintendo has cooking up!
At this point in time Nintendo has really been pushing the virtual console card I think its time they give it a rest and lay the rest of their hand on the table.
Post by: animecyberrat on March 22, 2006, 07:08:28 AM
Post by: Ian Sane on March 22, 2006, 07:20:52 AM
That would probably initially attract third parties but then after all their new games sold like crap because everyone's just using the Rev as a SNES they would likely likely scale back and maybe even abandon support. A high userbase will attract support but the games still actually have to sell in order for that support to stay. Plus Nintendo has to make sure people buy their new games too so that they make a profit off of those titles.
Post by: wandering on March 22, 2006, 07:18:08 PM
One of the things that might happen, though, is that Nintendo might grab ahold of the used-only gamers and market. You know, people who only buy last gen systems and games because of price issues. If the rev and downloads are cheap enough, those people might switch to just using the rev... which will be pure profit for Nintendo.
Post by: Ian Sane on March 22, 2006, 07:29:25 PM
This is a little different though. The GBA is backwards compatible but these days it's pretty hard to find new GBC or GB games for sale. Playstation titles are harder to find now too. There are a lot of old games out there but most of them require some effort from the consumer to find used.
The download system benefits from the fact that it's much easier to find games and those games are always available for purchase. There's no Ebay searching or anything like that required. So it would be much easier to buy a Rev and just play old games you missed out on then to buy a GBA or Playstation and search for used games.
Post by: wandering on March 22, 2006, 07:39:38 PM
