Analyst: Wii U needs to be $350 to break even, Mario needs to go multiplat etc

Sorry if old

http://news.yahoo.com/nintendos-hard-choices-soft-landing-184358644.html

Nintendo will have to sell the new console for as much as $350 to break even, estimates Nanako Imazu, an analyst for CLSA in Tokyo. That is $100 more than it charged for the Wii in 2006 and would outstrip both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, which can be picked up for less than $300.

Yet what Nintendo faces is a fundamental shift in gaming habits that analyst argue may require it to shrink its hardware business and instead chase profits for Super Mario and other game titles on devices built by other firms.

"Nintendo has to deal with the change and let Mario games be played on non-Nintendo devices," said Imazu. "I think it will take at least couple of years to see that."

I don't know what's more disturbing, the suggestion that Mario appears on non-Nintendo hardware or the fact this "analyst" got paid to say it.

One person's opinion. Pre-release. Specs of the console are being theorized about still. *yawns*

Your title should say analystS because some of the analysts in that article are actually intelligent, and the others are hit baits for Yahoo.

Nintendo has to deal with the change and let Mario games be played on non-Nintendo devices. I think it will take at least couple of years to see that.Imazu

Hey look, it's System Wars' favorite quote (for both serious and sarcastic reasons).

Despite the fact that yahoo(republican's 2nd favorite site behind fox news website) usually has no idea what it's talking about when it comes to games...they do have a point on the price of the wii u, eboyishere

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/26/us-nintendo-results-idUSBRE83P0AW20120426

It's not an yahoo article it's from reuters, they say it in the opening of the article.

[QUOTE="eboyishere"]Despite the fact that yahoo(republican's 2nd favorite site behind fox news website) usually has no idea what it's talking about when it comes to games...they do have a point on the price of the wii u, GD1551

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/26/us-nintendo-results-idUSBRE83P0AW20120426

It's not an yahoo article it's from reuters, they say it in the opening of the article.

yea i glanced by it, still stand by the yahoo quote tho lol

Your title should say analystS because some of the analysts in that article are actually intelligent, and the others are hit baits for Yahoo.

Eponique

As far as I could see there were only two people commenting but from what I read only one analyst made the statements I put in the topic title.

Mario on non-Nintendo platforms?

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if mario released on the ps3 it would bomb... FACT

sony fanboys will do it out of spite.

Mario on non-Nintendo platforms?

[spolier] [/spoiler]

DeadMan1290

oh that's easy, nintendo just needs to release mario teaches typing 3 :P

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Mario on non-Nintendo platforms?

rilpas

oh that's easy, nintendo just needs to release mario teaches typing 3 :P

:( Don't laugh at me:(

350 hahahaha xbox is going to kill that at 249, i mean kill that bad too. so right I was about the WiiU

350 hahahaha xbox is going to kill that at 249, i mean kill that bad too. so right I was about the WiiU

ForzaGearsFace

The 360 will be last yeas news compared to the power of the WiiU.

350 hahahaha xbox is going to kill that at 249, i mean kill that bad too. so right I was about the WiiU

ForzaGearsFace

noooo..now your attacking nintendo? i used to like you *tear*

Im not going to look.

Is this Pachter? It sounds like him from the title, because there is a cats chance in hell that Mario will go multiplat next gen.

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350 hahahaha xbox is going to kill that at 249, i mean kill that bad too. so right I was about the WiiU

super600

The 360 will be last yeas news compared to the power of the WiiU.

yeah ok hahahahaha and devs wont give a crap about it either, the wii aint safe from 360 numbers after all the end of this gen, and your garbage wiiU is 3D0 21st century

Im not going to look.

Is this Pachter? It sounds like him from the title, because there is a cats chance in hell that Mario will go multiplat next gen.

D1zzyCriminal

Nah it's some japanese guy and another dude.

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[QUOTE="ForzaGearsFace"]

350 hahahaha xbox is going to kill that at 249, i mean kill that bad too. so right I was about the WiiU

ForzaGearsFace

The 360 will be last yeas news compared to the power of the WiiU.

yeah ok hahahahaha and devs wont give a crap about it either, the wii aint safe from 360 numbers after all the end of this gen, and your garbage wiiU is 3D0 21st century

You're an idiot FGF.

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[QUOTE="super600"]

The 360 will be last yeas news compared to the power of the WiiU.

super600

yeah ok hahahahaha and devs wont give a crap about it either, the wii aint safe from 360 numbers after all the end of this gen, and your garbage wiiU is 3D0 21st century

You're an idiot FGF.

yea...go back to russia forzgearslame.

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Im not going to look.

Is this Pachter? It sounds like him from the title, because there is a cats chance in hell that Mario will go multiplat next gen.

GD1551

Nah it's some japanese guy and another dude.

Well that just means we're yet to hear something even more astounding.

I only skimmed the article, but it makes it sound like Nintendo dont have a clue what theyre doing and they havnt thought about the change in markets.

I'm sure Nintedo have lots more to say about the Wii U than theyre letting on, unless it is an outright disaster when it goes to market theyre fairly safe for now.

Were not going to see iMario or iTouchZelda any time soon.

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[QUOTE="ForzaGearsFace"]

yeah ok hahahahaha and devs wont give a crap about it either, the wii aint safe from 360 numbers after all the end of this gen, and your garbage wiiU is 3D0 21st century

KBFloYd

You're an idiot FGF.

yea...go back to russia forzgearslame.

someone is mad hahahaha

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[QUOTE="D1zzyCriminal"]

Im not going to look.

Is this Pachter? It sounds like him from the title, because there is a cats chance in hell that Mario will go multiplat next gen.

D1zzyCriminal

Nah it's some japanese guy and another dude.

Well that just means we're yet to hear something even more astounding.

I only skimmed the article, but it makes it sound liek Nintendo dont have a clue what theyre doing and they havnt though about the change in markets.

I'm sure Ninetedo have lots more to say about the Wii U than theyre letting on, unless it is an outright disaster when it goes to market theyre fairly safe for now.

Were not going to see iMario or iTouchZelda any time soon.

[QUOTE="ForzaGearsFace"]

[QUOTE="super600"]

The 360 will be last yeas news compared to the power of the WiiU.

super600

yeah ok hahahahaha and devs wont give a crap about it either, the wii aint safe from 360 numbers after all the end of this gen, and your garbage wiiU is 3D0 21st century

You're an idiot FGF.

im on fake ignore, how precious I am to you.

Yahoo says a lot of really stupid things. This sounds like one of them.

1. This article is old.

2. Nintendo franchises will never appear on anything other than Nintendo systems as long as Iwata is the head of the company.

1. This article is old.

2. Nintendo franchises will never appear on anything other than Nintendo systems as long as Iwata is the head of the company.

DarkLink77

1. I didn't see it posted here.

2. They actually mentioned that right in the article.

Any drastic strategy shift that would dispatch the Mario brothers into the realm of Android and Apple's iOS operating system would likely require a change at the top of Nintendo, said Macquarie's Gibson. And that likely won't happen for a couple of years until the Wii U is shown to be a clear failure, he added.

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1. This article is old.

2. Nintendo franchises will never appear on anything other than Nintendo systems as long as Iwata is the head of the company.

GD1551

1. I didn't see it posted here.

2. They actually mentioned that right in the article.

Any drastic strategy shift that would dispatch the Mario brothers into the realm of Android and Apple's iOS operating system would likely require a change at the top of Nintendo, said Macquarie's Gibson. And that likely won't happen for a couple of years until the Wii U is shown to be a clear failure, he added.

More and more I'm convinced that the Wii U will not fail.charizard1605

why cause its coming at a price point of 350? wow buy yourself a clue

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]More and more I'm convinced that the Wii U will not fail.ForzaGearsFace

why cause its coming at a price point of 350? wow buy yourself a clue

Damm!You really do have a biased agenda today oh glorious ForzaGearsFace

analyst

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[QUOTE="charizard1605"]More and more I'm convinced that the Wii U will not fail.super600

why cause its coming at a price point of 350? wow buy yourself a clue

Damm!You really do have a biased agenda today oh glorious ForzaGearsFace

you think a 350 price point is smart are you clueless?

[QUOTE="super600"]

[QUOTE="ForzaGearsFace"]

why cause its coming at a price point of 350? wow buy yourself a clue

ForzaGearsFace

Damm!You really do have a biased agenda today oh glorious ForzaGearsFace

you think a 350 price point is smart are you clueless?

I think anywhere from $250-$350 makes a good pricepoint.

[QUOTE="ForzaGearsFace"]

[QUOTE="super600"]

Damm!You really do have a biased agenda today oh glorious ForzaGearsFace

super600

you think a 350 price point is smart are you clueless?

I think anywhere from $250-$350 makes a good pricepoint.

350 isnt smart, 299 is acceptable.

Does anyone really even take these rumor threads seriously anymore?

Even rumors on the 720 and PS4 are complete bullsh*t.

im really tired of analyst it like they get paid just to bs

350 is a deathwish

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[QUOTE="super600"]

You're an idiot FGF.

ForzaGearsFace

yea...go back to russia forzgearslame.

someone is mad hahahaha

someone is stupid hahahaha

I seriously wish I had his job, getting paid to post retarded things is basically what every system warrior does for free.

Lol at Mario going multiplat :lol:

These analysts are always full of crap, I wish I had a job where I got paid thousands of dollars just to make up stupid sh!t and spew it out. They just say dumb stuff for shock value to get some quick attention and then they're gone.

Mario go multi-plat? LOL. Nuff' said.

wii U thread of mine should of been archived, but it wasnt, I predicted this WIIU garbage would fail, its totally failing at 350 price point, DEAL WITH IT LOSING SHEEP