Strategic Management – Nintendo Wii Case 12th August‚ 2009 PGSEM 2009 Sec-? Strategy Group I Dinesh Bhagwat 2008020 Bobby Kurian 2009009 Sajith Radhakrishna Shetty 2009053 Mathew Jacob 2009030 Threat of new entrants The video game console industry‚ being a typical oligopoly‚ enjoys high barrier to entry. Three firms dominate the industry with comparable market share. See Exhibit 1 and 2 for latest sales data. Existing industry
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High quality Blue-Ray function. Multimedia Support. Favorable view of their computer power‚ graphics and audio. High quality products. Weaknesses: Playstation 3 fell behind in the race from the start versus the Wii and Xbox 360; most likely because of price. Online Service inferior compared to competitors. Sony added cloud game saving as a part of PS3’s 3.60 firmware update. A Parks Associates poll showed that only 30% of tech savvy users believed that cloud
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i am now.my mother would support me for i was becoming even more addicted she knew but that was my only hobby at that time.I got my first Xbox 360 when i was 9 i so excited i could barely inflate my lungs.it was white with a awesome controller which soon i customized it to a black and red controller .well when i was 11 i got a new xbox 360 the xbox the xbox 360 slim i actually did a commentary on the un-boxing of the console with its sleek and shiny design with easy touch buttons.thats basically how
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1. The demand for the Wii console is relatively elastic because it has close substitutes which are the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and consumers will tend to shift to others if the price of Wii console increases or if it happens that there is no availability left for it after its first hot lunch. 2. The supply for the Wii console is relatively elastic because the quantity to be supplied is determined through the price. Also in most markets‚ it is said that time period is considered as determinant
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From a console gaming perspective‚ Microsoft again sees low threat of entry. At this time‚ the major players have been set as Microsoft‚ Nintendo and Sony. Between these three companies‚ all voiced consumer interests and demands are being filled. There would be very little that a new firm could do to differentiate a new gaming console from anything these three companies currently do or will do with their next generation. They have also been producing these systems long enough to understand how
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2. Low retail price of Xbox 360 and Wii when we compare it to PS3 3. Microsoft strategy of development process through the creation of XNA‚ new software tools that will make the cost of games creation low‚ that will decrease the game prices. 4. The Wii wireless controller and creative Ideas Step 2: Problem Defined Even thought that Sony is a great company and PS had several peaks‚ and achieve a lot of success and had been the top ‚ but after w while‚ when Xbox 360 and Wii‚ showed up in the
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States.[11] It was released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 home consoles on June 25‚ 2009 in Japan. A port for the PlayStation Portable‚ titled BlazBlue Portable (ブレイブルー ポータブル Bureiburū Pōtaburu?)‚ was released on February 25‚ 2010 in Japan.[8] The PC version was released in Europe on August 20 and in Japan on August 26‚ 2010. The PlayStation Portable port was released in Europe on September 9‚ 2010. The PC port is a direct conversion of the Xbox 360 version‚ and contains cross-platform compatibility
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seeker when shopping for a television. I want the best looking television there is with a booming surround sound system with a built in playstation 3 and xbox 360. I’de want the screen to be at least 100 inches with a black shinny base & going down the side of the t.v theirs two slots‚ one for the playstation games and one for the xbox 360 games. Over each slot theirs the logo of the system over it. And two censor controllers for each system. Cell phones have also become a necessity
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Nintendo (Nintendo GameCube)‚ and Microsoft (Xbox).[citation needed] Of these three‚ Sony remained worldwide market leader with Nintendo and Microsoft roughly equal in second place‚[citation needed] each dominating the competitor in its home territory.[citation needed] Two years into the seventh generation era‚ Microsoft has grabbed an early lead with the release of the Xbox 360 in North America on November 22‚ 2005 and the continuation of its revolutionary Xbox LIVE service.[citation needed] The release
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to new product development? * Sony supplied usually products with higher quality than the competitors (technical superiority) e.g. Betamax vs. VHS‚ PS3 vs. Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii * Sony products were usually significantly more expensive than the products of the competitors e.g. Betamax vs. VHS‚ PSP vs. Nintendo DS‚ PS3 vs. Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii * Sony didn’t adapt its products to the wishes of the consumers e.g. Betamax: Consumers preferred longer recording times over higher definitions
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