Wii (Wii)Wii Games Hit The Bargain Bin Faster Than PS3, 360 OnesKotaku - November 21, 2008
Submitted by necron101 (15)
at 1:00PM PST on November 21, 2008
The researchers at Electronic Entertainment Design and...Research have been looking at console game sales patterns. Looking at how long it takes a game to enter "price protection"lowers the wholesale cost of a game so that retailers can keep it on the shelves at full price, even when the public are ignoring it. What they've found is that this practice occurs for 7.5% of 360 games. And 9.09% of PS3 games. But the Wii? It happens for 15.1% of titles.
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Advice from EEDAR :
For reference, we consider games targeting the core market to have a less competitive landscape as core targeted titles are typically spread out through the year and receive less competition upon release.