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Pikmin 3 GameStop Hands-on Announcement
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Gonzo The Great
Banned
This is... dumb. Why not make it a downloadable demo?
Because they need to improve their relationship with GameStop. Retail space is expensive and Wii U boxes are slow movers and take lots of space.
Exterminieren
Banned
Only trying to advertise to the small Wii U install base would be a poor strategy.
Why not do both, though?
fluffydelusions
Member
None of the gamestops around me even have a Wii U demo unit in store (NYC btw). I've been to about 3 around my area.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
Yup. Same as why the E3 demos were at stores, not downloadable (aside from their unfinishedness). They need to sell to people without the system more than anything.
it's cause they don't want to actually make a "demo"
Fox Mulder
Member
The turnout for the e3 demos probably looked good to them, and a line of people around a WiiU at a store may be more effective than their awful marketing has been lately.
Gonzo The Great
Banned
"On July 20th and 21st, Nintendo fans will be able to play Pikmin 3 at participating Gamestop locations in the United States, and EB games in Canada."
Please stop trying to damage control. The E3 demos sure haven't improved Wii U sales. Nintendo should be trying to salvage their fans at this point. Also, why not make it a permanent demo instead of trying to lure people in for two days only? The EB Games in my malll still has the Rayman Legends demo kiosk from launch.
DashReindeer
Lead Community Manager, Outpost Games
Because then only the relatively few Wii U owners out there would be able to play it. This way they market to everyone who's going into a Gamestop. Also, if people are playing Wii U in stores, then they are at point of purchase already, and can potentially buy a Wii U if they like the software that they are sampling.
All that said, there should be a demo on the eShop too.
It did however give Nintendo a lot of press at those Best Buy events. My store was completely full with lines at opening of that event.
I don't see how that is damage control..
Gonzo The Great
Banned
Because Nintendo is making a mistake by not releasing an eShop demo as well. What's stopping them from having both?
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
From a marketing perspective, it would be dumb to both at the same time.
No one with a Wii U would have any incentive to go to the retail location. The retail location would then probably not be very interested in doing the promotion without some kind of exclusivity.
SporeCrawler
Member
its nintendo. they could also not do a gamestop event and not do a eshop demo on top of that.
whatsinaname
Member
I think Nintendo, at the moment, are looking to sell consoles more than games.They want people in the store, talking to each other and talking to the salesmen. If the install base for the console was high enough, a demo would have been a way to sell the game. That is not the case for the Wii U.
Do you really need to ask with Nintendo anymore?
Pops Maellard
Member
The best part of this is that in the YouTube description they call him "the Regginator".
3DS has downloadable demo for Fire Emblem Awakening...if we're talking about Nintendo as a whole including handhelds of course. For home consoles like Wii U which this particular thread is talking about, I'm not sure they offer first party demos (though some one can correct me if they do).
Gamestop probably wants exclusivity.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
A day early? Weak.
I was planning on buying Pikmin 3 digitally anyway. But I'll just wait until 9:00 PM PDT on 8/2 purchase it directly from Nintendo.
I was planning on buying Pikmin 3 digitally anyway. But I'll just wait until 9:00 PM PDT on 8/2 purchase it directly from Nintendo.
Fox Mulder
Member
Because they want people to turn out to these kinds of demos. Releasing the demo at home would kill any reason to get out.
superchunk
Member
Same thing I said when the BestBuy E3 demos were announced.
I can't cost much more to put demos in eShop for owners.
Definitely need to update those demo kiosks in all the retails stores too with these newer games.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Why would they only advertise the demo to people who are probably already going to buy the game? The entire point of it is to show off software to people who don't own a Wii U to entice them to buy one.
Knsflanagan
Member
And correct me if I am wrong but the majority if first party gam es across all platforms hardly evet get a demo.
abstract alien
Member
I don't really think Pikmin is the type of title that would fair well in this type of setting. It would be a bit like showing off Silent Hill at a gamestop. Not that it makes the game look less attractive, but it's kinda hard to show and experience the type of atmosphere those games create in a burst of moments at a kiosk.
Last game I remember getting a demo was Fire Emblem on 3DS. Before that...I have no idea? Wind Waker is the last one I remember lol
Last game I remember getting a demo was Fire Emblem on 3DS. Before that...I have no idea? Wind Waker is the last one I remember lol
abstract alien
Member
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abstract alien
Member
That is great for me since I'm buying it digitally anyway. I'm not going out to the location they have it at in my area though.
I thought the same. Pikmin is something you have to experience alone in a cozy room. Or if not alone around someone who can appreciate it's aesthetic. I remember back when I first played Pikmin 2 one of my friends was watching and kept saying how stupid the game looked it was like YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND PLEASE GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME IN PEACE.
A preorder for a digital copy at Gamestop, no less. No thanks on that one.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Why is this gross? It sounds like a great incentive for people to get a game before it's available to others and for Nintendo to sell a copy of a game they won't have to worry about getting traded in. Getting a game a day early is a 1000x better reason to pre-order a game then bullshit alternate skins or content that should have been in the basic game in the first place.
Wait really, there's no digital version of Pikmin 3? That's not right?
? huh?
funkystudent
Member
Pre ordering digital games at retail?
Thats a thing?
Thats a thing?
1. buying at gamestop
2. digital-only bonuses. where's my pikmin plushie
3. they're making us in NA wait extra time as it is, now they're holdin back the release date even further for some exclusivity stuff
abstract alien
Member
I still don't understand how it works.
Why would anyone bother??!!?