Sunday, September 14, 2014

The dumb move so nice they did it twice?

Last year, those drooling monkeys at Nintendo decided it'd be a good idea to release LBW and SM3DW on the EXACT SAME DAY. And everyone knew it was absolutely fucking stupid. Well, it's not confirmed right now, but rumor has it they'll be doing the same thing this year (on almost the same date, no less) with ORAS and the Wii U version of SSB4. Seriously, I don't know shit about basic marketing, and even I can tell you cannibalizing your own games like that is a HORRIBLE IDEA. Goddammit Nintendo, how many years will it take for you to get your act together?

(Mandatory reminder that despite the rampant idiocy, the Wii U is still outselling the Xbox One. So what does that make the monkeys at Microsoft?)
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  1. UnknownSeptember 14, 2014 at 1:06 PM

    Even the most incompetent of companies know to stagger releases to maximise sales and publicity and the like.

    *sigh*

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  2. MacrepehSeptember 14, 2014 at 2:18 PM

    Sounds like Nintendo thinks so highly of those Prima guides they put the writers on their marketing team or something. Maybe Gonad is head of marketing? Maybe they use the same strategy as Pokemon base stats and use a dartboard to determine the release dates.

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    1. SupreveioSeptember 14, 2014 at 5:05 PM

      That's gotta be why they keep giving GameStop event exclusivity.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2014 at 2:28 PM

    They've stopped sales cannibalism before, remember when they planned the release for NSMBW and Galaxy 2 in the same November but they pushed Galaxy 2 to 2010 for the purpose of not only refining the game but making sure they don't hurt each other, seriously, don't they learn on this stuff

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    1. SlowflakeSeptember 14, 2014 at 3:49 PM

      They also released NSMB2 and NSMBU in the same year, making the former a complete and utter waste of time both for the developers and the players alike.

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2014 at 7:29 PM

      Wait, now I never followed the NSMB games after Wii but they actually did that, holy crap

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  4. FlashiaSeptember 14, 2014 at 11:47 PM

    Well, try telling that to certain gamers who want their games NOW NOW NOW.

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  5. drsypherSeptember 15, 2014 at 2:07 AM

    It's the same kinda reasoning as calling the new Nintendo 3DS line literally "New" Nintendo 3DS. Despite people being confused by the "U" in Wii U and the "3" in 3DS denoting new consoles in the past. All this AND making exclusive games for the "New" 3DS implies they've got a few more years to go before learning any lessons.

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