Is the Wii an inferior good? (poll)

[QUOTE="Blackbond"]

[QUOTE="Lazy_Boy88"]Only thing is the Wii is an outrageous rip-off at $250. And $60 for a real next gen game like GTA4, MGS4, Gears, Halo3, ect. is far worth it over a $50 minigame collection or even the best Nintendo games. If the Wii was exactly how it is and priced at a good value to production costs then it would be good. But instead all we have is a rip-off overpriced gimmick.Stevo_the_gamer

Please just stop posting. I have never seen so much ignorance in one post in this entire month. If $250 is such a rip off then why is it selling out?

$60 for a real next gen game? Don't make me laugh. PC games are $50 so what do you to that?

$50 mini-game collections? I wasn't aware that Zelda TP, Metroid Prime 3 Corruption, No More Heroes, Fire Emblem, Super Paper Mario, and Super Smash Brothers Brawl were mini games :roll:

All these so called real next gen games are all better then even the best Nintendo games. Wow, take your biased opinion else where man.

The games you listed - no - they're not "mini-games"; however, they're not anything new either. All of which are ugly and do no dictate"Next-Generation" in any way whatsoever.

Like you determine what Next Generation is. Last I checked Super Mario Galaxy spanked all your so called Next Gen games in 2007.

Consumer ignornace? People know what they want sot hey buy it. It would be ignorance if they bought things adn then didn't realize what they were buying. You equate Hardware costs to a product being a ripoff. Which is incorrect. Supply and demand dictate the price of a product. Factually speaking as it goes right now the Wii is underpriced when you look at the market. I don't care for your opinions. I'm only looking at the facts.

actually.....in the scope of all things it's a luxury good.

But in terms of comparing to the other consoles.......probably.

An "inferior good"? I know what you are talking about topic creator, but stating it like that is indeed an oxymoron.

It's like saying that I accidentally did something on purpose...

An "inferior good"? I know what you are talking about topic creator, but stating it like that is indeed an oxymoron.

It's like saying that I accidentally did something on purpose...

AvIdGaMeR444

The proper way to state this would be if it were an "inferior good" in comparison to the PS3 and 360 (i.e As your income goes up you "consume less Wii's" and you "consume more PS3s (or 360s)".

Wii hit it at the right time I suppose. It's been selling great for a while and with gas set to exceed $4/gal. this summer in the US we will probably see crap game sales with Wii still dominating the hardware market.

It sells well because people have less money, but also because the closest price for a decent SKU is $350.
Tiefster

It sells well because it appeals to the widest demographic. It not only gamers but people that would otherwise have no interest in the PS3/360. Hence why the fanboys in SW say it doesn't count. Even if you matched prices with all three consoles the Wii would still sell more. It hits the largest demographic. There's no arguing it.

If you had 10 people to sell you're product to and I had 100 people to sell to who do you think is going to sell more?