Nintendo has pursued a fundamentally different strategy and business model with the Wii console than that of its competitors‚ the Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3. The heart of Nintendo’s strategy was the assumption that consoles do not necessarily require leading-edge power and performance. This is a radical stance since the gaming industry traditionally competed on technological performance‚ graphic quality‚ and game realism: factors valued primarily by die-hard gaming fans. Nintendo shifted
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Nintendo Wii Case Analysis The Wii is a video game console released by Nintendo on 2006. It is the 7th generation of the Nintendo family. Today it competes with Sony Playstation 3 which was released the same year and Microsoft Xbox 360 which was released a year ago in 2005. Why Wii? Well‚ they say that Wii is more than a game machine. It is a social and active entertainment that brings the whole family together. How they have achieved this is by innovation in their gaming console. The Nintendo
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The mid 1980s brought their first home entertainment gaming system‚ the N.E.S. (Nintendo Entertainment System). Since then the company has been an industry leader in new software and game system development. Their latest game system is called the Wii. The Wii has enjoyed extraordinary success since its introduction in 2006. This SWOT analysis will focus on this new game system. SWOT AnalysisA SWOT analysis is a strategic planning method used to evaluate Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats
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Case 2 Responding to the Wii Question 1: How structurally attractive is the videogame console industry in 2008? There has been a lot of competition in the market of gaming console producers after the videogame industry started in 1972 when the television maker Magnavox introduced its gaming system Odyssey. Other producers like Atari quickly developed their own gaming systems and competition in this market was a fact. Over time other game console producers joined the market such as Nintendo‚ Sega
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Nintendo ’s Wii three main target consumer groupsNintendo discovered that in order to succeed in its business undertakings‚ it needs totarget different groups of consumers that are sure to earn them a substantial profit. Ittherefore purposed to intensify its promotion strategies to high earning individuals most ofwhom were young adults and therefore interested in video games. Their target customerscomprised of members of the armed forces that were mostly interested in golf‚ teachers thatmostly took
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Nintendo applied “Differentiation strategy” for Wii. A completely new innovative design in Wii Remote and Wii Nunchuk differentiate Wii as a new video game standard. It has been very competitive in game console market when Nintendo announced their new product “Wii”. XBOX and PlayStation had taken a major market share since Wii’s predecessor Game Cube lost ground in the game console market. Nintendo understands only price does not help them to gain back market shares. It is “Differentiation” will
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The Marketing Strategy of Nintendo Wii The Wii is a home video game console‚ launched in the major global markets at the end of 2006. It is released by Nintendo‚ which is one of the most influential and reputable leading brand in the world’s game industry with age-old history‚ exclusive brand culture and loyal fans. Over the past few years‚ three main game companies have been vying for market share and sales in a highly competitive market: one is Nintendo’s Wii‚ which we will mainly focus on in this
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GLOBAL MARKETING STRATEGY OF NINTENDO WII GLOBAL SEGMENTATION‚ TARGETING AND POSITIONING AND PROMOTIONAL ADAPTATION Introduction 1. This essay focuses on the global marketing strategy of the Nintendo Wii‚ in particular the segmentation‚ targeting and positioning strategies and the communication adaptation adopted for the promotion of Nintendo Wii in the three key markets of Japan‚ United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (US). Background 2. The gaming industry comprises of three key
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Vincent Tan 1206771F 1. Wii is a game console product that involved physical actions of a human‚ it’s not a video game that people would only move their fingers in order to play. The console let one get involved in physical movements in order to play. A good way to promote healthy gaming. 2. The reason why Wii is here to stay is because of the games‚ as most of the games are more suitable for family and girls. Their target is not only hardcore gamers but family and younger generations
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Product lifecycle of the Nintendo Wii Key: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. GROWTH 3. MATURITY 4. DECLINE A production life cycle illustrates the phases that a product goes through during its existence. The graph above shows the growth of the Wii since its introduction in 2006 when it was launched onto the market. The continual upwards sloping line shows no sign of decline as after five years it is still at the top of cutting edge technology. This shows that Nintendo has redefined what was traditionally
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