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    these points will be covered and applied on Nintendo’s seventh generation console which is the Wii. It is a new direction for the company. Nintendo desired to create an assimilation of a motion-sensitive controller combined with modest technological improvement in processing power and graphics in order to target a broader demographic than that of the other competitors. Segmentation Demographically‚ Wii targets males and females of a vast age-range [ (4 years-10 years) ‚ (11 years-19 years)‚ (20

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    consoles. The combination of in-house games and less focus on consoles allowed them to have over four times the amount of games as Nintendo by the end of 1991 and people ultimately flocked to where the games where. 2. Why did Nintendo choose to not make its video game consoles backward compatible? What were the advantages and disadvantages of this strategy? Nintendo chose to not make its video game consoles backward compatible because this meant that consumers would have to spend money on a new

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    The Wii is a home video game device released by Nintendo (Japanese company) on November 19‚ 2006. The sales of Wii until 2011 is 5 billion dollars ‚ this is only in 5 years. The Wii primarily competes with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its device targets a broader demographic than that of the two others.[8] As of December 2011‚ the Wii leads the generation over the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales‚[9] and in December 2009 broke the record for best-selling

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    Nintendo Case Study

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    Avinash Tyagi Nintendo Case Study Company: Nintendo CO.‚ LTD. Industry: Video Games Website: http://www.nintendo.com/ Company History Founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi‚ Nintendo began as a manufacturer of Japanese Hanafuda (flower cards) in Kyoto Japan‚ by 1902‚ they expanded to manufacture western playing cards as well and in 1951‚ under the control of Hiroshi Yamauchi‚ the grandson of Fusajiro‚ they changed their name to Nintendo Playing Card Co. and a year later opened their HQ in Kyoto

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    The story of the Nintendo business strategy and brand is nothing short of astounding and competitive analysis played an important part. BrandJapan‚ an annual survey of the strength of over 1‚000 Japanese brands‚ saw a remarkable stability bridging nine years in the cast of personalities inhabiting the top two dozen situations. Then Nintendo came to the market. In the 2005 findings‚ Nintendo was positioned 135 in the survey. Since that point it climbed to 66 in 2006‚ to 5 in 2007‚ and finally to number

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    Case Analysis Part 1 Introduction Case 7 of the textbook titled Essentials of Strategic Management looked at the video game pioneer Nintendo. The title of the case is Nintendo’s Strategy in 2009: The Ongoing Battle with Microsoft and Sony and was written by Lou Marino and Sally Sarrett. The case begins by describing how Nintendo faced serious competition from Sony and Microsoft in the video game market. As Sony had created the Playstation and Microsoft came out with the Xbox‚ Nintendo had

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    Competition • High Development Costs Recommendations for • Saas Video Games Nintendo’s Competitors • Focus on Youth Markets Industry Environment & Products Environment Dominance of 3 industry leaders • 2000 • 2006 • 2007 Sony Microsoft Nintendo Products Technologically Advanced • Fast Processing Speed • High Definition Video • Complex Games Young Adult Customers • Mostly male • Late 20s - early 30s • Disposable Income Multi-use consoles • Movies • Music • TV Shows Shrinking

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    Nintendo Q4. What conditions now serve as barriers to effective competitive response? 1. Technology development Traditionally‚ Sony‚ Nintendo and Microsoft will create a new battle every five or six years‚ so it means that to develop a new and good product takes time. For the cost aspect‚ as the consoles are expensive‚ the cost of the video games is increased as well. In order to fulfill the customers’ need‚ company has to make more attractive and complex games and this will cost a

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    International Business Case Study 2 Nintendo: Fighting the Video Game Console Wares Submitted To : Douglas Kuluk Date : 15th Nov 2014 Prepared by : Nebieyu Adinew & Samuel J Ebenezer Program : International Business Section : 3 Contents Executive Summary: 2 Introduction: 3 Problem Analysis: 3 Alternative Analysis: 4 Recommended Solution: 5 Conclusion: 6 References 7 Executive Summary: The report focuses on the case study of Nintendo which is provided followed

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    was assumed that the home video game industry was simply a “toy fad” and becoming obsolete. By this time the door was wide open for Nintendo. This allowed Nintendo to establish high royalty licensing agreements with game development companies after Nintendo established their initial victories with games such as Super Mario Brothers‚ The Legend of Zelda‚ and Metroid. Nintendo’s previous accomplishments in both Japan in the United States also paved the way for the Famicom / NES to be a hit. With their

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