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Pachter: hardware sales will grow, Super Smash Bros. Brawl may spark price cuts |
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According to Wedbush Morgan's analyst Michael Pachter, it's all sunshine and roses for the console hardware sales this year. That would be thanks to the recent success of Bungie Studios' Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 (which moved a lot of Microsoft Xbox 360 units) and the entry of Sony's new 40GB PS3, PSP Slim units into the market. Pachter said that there will be a considerable increase in hardware sales due to the new options available to gamers.He also opined that there will be no more price cuts for the remainder of the year, but there's a chance that the release of Nintendo's much-awaited Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii will spark a hardware price cut. "We do not expect a price cut for the Wii until supply and demand are in balance, but believe that the launch of Super Smash Brothers Brawl on February 10, 2008 presents an opportunity to adjust pricing," said Pachter.
Beefed up with an all-star cast and its fans further worked up by a release date delay, it's no wonder that Super Smash Bros. Brawl (you can check out how epic the game will turn out in this video) alone will manage to make an impact on the gaming market, aside from Halo 3.
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Nintendo is. They know what they're doing. With the success and experience that Nintendo has had, I wouldn't doubt that what they are doing is going to give them any trouble.
Here's the way I see it... There are tons of people who have been holding out because even $250 is too much, and also because "there aren't any good games".
When Brawl comes out, people can't complain about no good games (and if you say that Brawl sucks, then either you haven't played Smash, or you're just an anti-nintendo fanboy). However, there'll still be people saying it's too expensive. Hence the price cut. The only people who won't buy a wii now will be the Sony and Microsoft fanboys, the anti gamers, and the super poor people. Everyone else is pretty much covered.
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