Making Nintendo Wii Sports More Affordable

Making Nintendo Wii Sports More Affordable

Written on May 26, 2008 – 8:51 am | by Rebecca Winner |

The Nintendo Wii has gained notoriety since its launching in the four key markets in December of 2006. The concept of the Wii was first spoken of during the E3 press conference in 2004. Later, it was unveiled at the 2005 E3 when Satoru Iwata showed a prototype of the controller at the Tokyo Game Show in 2005.

Nintendo Wii Sports bundle hit the USA November of 2006. It is still selling like hotcakes. Folks young and old are falling in love with this amazingly fun Nintendo Wii Sports Bundle. When it debuted during 2006 E3, Nintendo Wii was given Best Hardware and Best of Show Awards from the Game Critics Awards. No matter where you look if you pick up a copy of any gaming magazine worth its salt you will find that it is also hailing the Wii as the game console breakthrough. Wii is the game that got an Emmy from The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for Game Controller Innovation.

What is driving the popularity of Wii? Everyone is curious as to what is making this game so popular? Why is Wii outselling PS3 and XBOX360 and why can’t they keep up and surpass Wii’s fan base?

The media has been whining about how our kids are getting unhealthier by the day, due to technology (i.e. video games) so Nintendo came up with the revolutionary gaming console that is Nintendo Wii. Inadvertently it seems that aside from addressing the dilemma of our kids becoming couch potatoes Nintendo Wii has provided interactive gaming that makes the player feel like he or she is really in the game.

The Nintendo Wii Sports Bundle is the main motivating factor for the rise of this phenomenon. When you purchase the Wii console it comes with 5 cool sports games. The neat thing is that you can really express yourself when you play with the Wii console.

Should Nintendo unbundle Wii Sports? Marketing analysts think it would be best for sales. Why you may ask? It is reasonable to assume that if you break the Nintendo Wii sports bundle up than the price of the console can be lowered to make it “more affordable”. Marketing predictions indicate that the Nintendo Wii Sports bundle sales are heading for a decline but if it is unbundled then it would grow strong again by 2009.

First of all Wii’s popularity is due to the fact that it is being sold as a bundle. Second, how can the Nintendo Wii Sports Bundle be heading into decline when, even as we speak, Nintendo is scrambling to fill in all the orders. The demand is exceeding the available supply albeit the 1.8 million consoles Nintendo is shelling out a month.

Lastly Nintendo Wii Sports bundle is so popular not only with the younger demographics but also the older ones. Some people are even saying that they don’t buy any other games after purchasing a Nintendo Wii sports bundle. Why mess with a good thing, when people are perfectly happy with the Nintendo Wii sports Bundle just as it is?