Unfortunately It’s taking me a while to put together my A Change In the Process articles. As it goes, I’ve gotten busy with job searching these days, so the site has fallen a little by the wayside, but expect a new article by the middle of next week. I’ll keep you posted.
Also, of interest on this Hallows Eve. Honda has a interesting ad campaign running right now for the Honda Fit. There’s online ads, television commercials, a video game, and the site. Kind of fun. Check it out:
I caught an article the other day on how Nintendo is expecting shortages in it’s Wii production through the holidays. This has been a problem for the last three years.
Historically, Nintendo tends to be a little conservative in it’s production, no doubt due to it’s smaller size, it can’t afford over production like many of the big companies such as Sony or Microsoft; still, Nintendo has years of experience in the industry, and it’s a little surprising that they are having difficulty meeting demand after three years of sales. It just goes to show however that the innovative nature of the Wii is a great selling point, and shouldn’t be underestimated. Sales for this system just keep going up and up.
The thing about retail and the seasonal shopping season is this, most retailers do not turn a profit until after the holiday season. Without adequate and in demand products on the shelves, sales numbers go down because retailers don’t have anything to sell. Retailers don’t like this, and may give you less favorable shelf space in favor of products they can sell more of…reducing your marketability.
Further, Nintendo in their infinite wisdom has lost the sale of the Wii’s it couldn’t produce, which is less money for them initially, and more on the back end since they’ve failed to sell any periphreals or games for those systems. Also, if a customer decides to buy a X-Box or Playstation instead, then the entry cost for that customer has just gone up…because it’s going to take a lot more marketing dollars to get them back.
Near as I can figure, that’s why X-Box 360 is the number one system right now, since the system is cheaper and more available than the rest.
Honestly though, I think I’d rather have a Wii…they make it look fun.
There has been many times where I found Flash interfaces to be over-engineered for no specific purpose. This is especially annoying when the Flash prevents the user from selecting anything until they’ve watched what amounts to a commercial.
Steffen P. Walz has provided a reason to use his interface by actually engaging his viewers with a set of fun and games to access his content. I personally enjoyed the “killer” game.
Pick the “killer” game, and you play an old-skool shooter where you blast little tanks, soldiers or planes to go to pages.
I’m feeling saucy today, so for the rest of the week feel free to contribute to this thread. The phrase starts like this…
“On the most important occasions of our lives, we often find ourselves…”
…and all you have to do is finish it. You could write a word or a whole paragraph. Try to keep it mostly clean though or I’ll pull the plug on you. The first amendment doesn’t cover my webpage…only yours. And I’m looking for creativity and originality here so don’t let me down.
The quote by the way is from a book, Quotations for All Occaisions by Catherine Frank. I haven’t read it, but it sounds interesting.