Marketing Case Study Wii U launch: make or break for Nintendo Three years ago‚ Nintendo was king of the $78 billion videogame industry. The Wii was a smash hit and Nintendo’s DS hand-held was the best-selling portable gaming device. But a series of stumbles—a lukewarm debut for Nintendo’s 3DS hand-held game player and a sharp decline in Wii sales—raised questions about whether the company is on the wrong side of a generational divide. Nintendo has refused to veer from its tried-and-tested formula
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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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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 Customer Base • Occasional gamers stop playing • Few new gamers Internet Gaming • Social-networking
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Introduction Nintendo was founded on September 23‚ 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi in Japan which started out by selling game cards. In 1974‚ Nintendo ventured into the video gaming industry and since then have been committed to creating innovative video games console and games like the Nintendo Entertainment System‚ Super Nintendo Entertainment System‚ Game boy‚ Nintendo 64‚ Game boy pocket‚ Game Boy Advance‚ Nintendo Game Cube‚ Nintendo DS‚ Nintendo DS lite‚ Wii‚ Nintendo DSi‚ Nintendo DSi XL‚ Nintendo 3DS‚
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Objective SWOT Analysis Survey Findings Image Projected by the Video Ways to Reach Targeted Customers Nintendo Co.‚ Ltd. •A Japanese company which focuses on consumer electronics and video games industries •The world’s largest video game company by revenue in 2011 •Founded in 1889 but only entered the video game industry in 1974 Mission Statement • “At Nintendo we are proud to be working for the leading company in our industry. We are strongly committed to producing and marketing
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2. What is competition like in the video game console industry? Do a five-force analysis to support your answer. Which of the five competitive forces is strongest? Which is weakest? Would you characterize the overall strength of competition in video game consoles as fierce‚ strong‚ moderate to normal or weak? Why? What forces are driving changes in the video game console industry? Are these driving forces acting to make the industry more or less competitively intense? Are the driving forces acting
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is planning to enter the intensely competitive gaming industry‚ dominated by three large competitors‚ Microsoft‚ Sony and Nintendo. Apple’s has success with providing quality products and‚ has already established markets for Mac computers‚ notebooks‚ TV‚ iPad’s‚ iPhone’s and iPod’s. As Apple has a reputation being high quality‚ stylish and‚ luxurious brand‚ the new game console will be perceived to have the same qualities. Step 1 - Idea Generation With the new technology and changing consumer
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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 taken a backseat in terms of new video game consoles. Through the years however‚ Nintendo had created many popular
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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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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In December 2012‚ Nintendo Co.‚ Ltd introduced Wii U and hoped it can create another gaming sensation as Wii. However‚ not only Wii U is not as successful as Wii‚ the consumer’s confidence level is declining even in Nintendo’s home market – Japan. Wii U faces competitions from both direct (videogames) and indirect (social/online games and other entertainments) competitors. In addition‚ given Nintendo’s image‚ Wii U is perceived as casual game and received poor response from its
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