Pop Quiz: How many Wii consoles have been sold compared to PS3s and Xbox 360s? (And what does that have to do with GIS & asset management?)
Simple, affordable, and easy to understand, the Nintendo Wii has outsold both the Xbox 360 and PS3.
Feature for feature both the Xbox 360 and PS3 blow the Wii out of the water. Far better graphics, faster processors, more storage, you name it. The Wii doesn’t compare. However, the Wii has proven a couple of things:
- People like simple stuff.
- People like stuff they can afford.
To illustrate the point: Remember back in the fall of 2006 when the only way to get a Wii was to pay two times the retail price? Remember how you had to buy it from some punk kid who was making a killing that year selling Wiis? …so you gladly let him rip you off while you gritted your teeth and paid like $500 for the stupid thing so your kid could have a one for Christmas? Remember one year later at Christmas time when Wii’s were still hard to find?
Nintendo could not manufacture the things fast enough.
Well, they’ve done it again. This time it’s a 3D video game console (handheld) that works without 3D glasses.
So what does this have to do with GIS and asset management software? More than you might think.
You see, you’ve got Microsoft (Xbox 360), Sony (PS3), and Nintendo (Wii) all playing in the same space here. Microsoft and Sony have been focusing their efforts on making super-powered-all-in-one entertainment hubs while Nintendo has been doing nothing of the sort. Nintendo’s strategy? Stick to what they do best – video games.
And their strategy seems to be working.
Nintendo has sold at least 70.9 million Wiis – compared to only 35.7 million PS3s and 40 million Xbox 360s (even though the 360 has been on the market for almost a full year longer than the Wii).
At novotX, we like Nintendo’s strategy. For those of you who’ve seen our GIS-based asset and work management software you know it’s much like the Wii – simple, affordable, and easy to understand.
For those interested in reading more Nintendo’s 3D device, here’s the source article:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hOgruq-9nbyzLje-SdR7w1KKI2hQD9GCELNG1
For anyone interested in checking out Elements, our GIS-based asset and work management software, you can contact us here:
http://www.novotx.com/Contact.aspx