Nintendo's Fils-Aime: Mario Galaxy's Long Life
Plus a little gentle threat to retail
Fils-Aime: "That's a nice bit of retail.. be a shame if anything happened to it..."
Got fires to fight? Got criticism to handle? Call for Nintendo of America's president Reggie Fils-Aime! Today he is mostly dealing with retailers charging exorbitant prices for the Wii - and with the implication that Super Mario Galaxy hasn't exactly been diving off shop shelves like a Chelsea player into an 18-yard box.
We'll start with Super Mario Galaxy - a game we reviewed here - a game that 'only' sold a 1.1 million units on its first month on sale in the USA. Reggie spoke to Reuters, which compared this with Halo 3's 3.3 million first month. As you might expect, Reg was not overawed.
Only Fils-Aime would say, "have any rembrance" when he could have said, "will remember" - you've got to appreciate the man. Sadly, however, because he's made that statement, every Xbot and Sony fanboy will have rembrance of it.
Okay, the Wii - and Reggie slips into smooth East End gang boss mode when he hears about retailers charging all kinds of crazy money for Wiis. Leaving aside for one moment that this is Nintendo's fault for not being able to organise its inventory, despite what RFA said on the subject yesterday, Reggie explains his position.
Genius! It's the equivalent of Reggie Kray whispering to the local chipshop owner, "I don't need to remind you how hot that fat is, do I geezer?" in a quiet, understated tone.
Reggie (Kray) might have a leg to stand on. Right now, Reggie (Fils-Aime) would be better off threatening his own manufacturing and logistics planners with a short walk off a tall building rather than making empty threats to retailers who are dealing with demand but not supply.
Merry Xmas all!
Source: Reuters
We'll start with Super Mario Galaxy - a game we reviewed here - a game that 'only' sold a 1.1 million units on its first month on sale in the USA. Reggie spoke to Reuters, which compared this with Halo 3's 3.3 million first month. As you might expect, Reg was not overawed.
"Mario Galaxy absolutely lived up to our expectations.
"Galaxy will have extremely long life and will have extremely large numbers throughout that entire life."
"Mark my words, look in 6 months and no one will have any remembrance that it 'only' did 1 million copies in its first month."
"Galaxy will have extremely long life and will have extremely large numbers throughout that entire life."
"Mark my words, look in 6 months and no one will have any remembrance that it 'only' did 1 million copies in its first month."
Only Fils-Aime would say, "have any rembrance" when he could have said, "will remember" - you've got to appreciate the man. Sadly, however, because he's made that statement, every Xbot and Sony fanboy will have rembrance of it.
Okay, the Wii - and Reggie slips into smooth East End gang boss mode when he hears about retailers charging all kinds of crazy money for Wiis. Leaving aside for one moment that this is Nintendo's fault for not being able to organise its inventory, despite what RFA said on the subject yesterday, Reggie explains his position.
"Retailers have already been given feedback that we are not big fans of that. We think it masks some of the price advantage we have versus our competition and, frankly, the consumer should decide what they want.
"We don't have to remind retailers of the strength we have right now. We are simply making an observation and that reinforces our point quite nicely with retailers."
"We don't have to remind retailers of the strength we have right now. We are simply making an observation and that reinforces our point quite nicely with retailers."
Genius! It's the equivalent of Reggie Kray whispering to the local chipshop owner, "I don't need to remind you how hot that fat is, do I geezer?" in a quiet, understated tone.
Reggie (Kray) might have a leg to stand on. Right now, Reggie (Fils-Aime) would be better off threatening his own manufacturing and logistics planners with a short walk off a tall building rather than making empty threats to retailers who are dealing with demand but not supply.
Merry Xmas all!
Source: Reuters
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Comments
deleted 18 Dec 2007 16:47
1/3
Remember The time you said that no one would have remembrance of Galaxy sales in month one, well
TimSpong 18 Dec 2007 16:52
2/3
haritori wrote:
Remember The time you said that no one would have remembrance of Galaxy sales in month one, well
Too early!
Be patient... be patient.
Tim
Mr Bah and Ms Humbug are taking callers...
SuperSaiyan4 18 Dec 2007 16:54
3/3
Quick recruit Gershtman or whatever his name is! I think he will do a better job...*laughs*