Nintendo Rumors, Apple Options

[EddieV]

I have recently found out that if the Nintendo Revolution fails, Apple is planning to buy Nintendo and create their own console, with Apple Graphics Technology.

[sadolakced acid]

Then why does Apple not market its products to a greater segment of the consumer population?

you mean, put ads in public and on popular TV channels instead of tech magazines?

[*mipadi*]

you mean, put ads in public and on popular TV channels instead of tech magazines?

Oh, sure, maybe the iPod is marketed to a large segment, although that's debateable.

Still, I don't see your reasoning on why one company is bad because it targets a wide swath of consumers, and another is good because it targets a slightly smaller swath--although I would argue that Nintendo's target group--the average gamer and the family--is hardly a small segment of the consumer population. But even assuming it is, I don't see why one tactic is good and one tactic is bad. In the end, both companies in this example are vying for one thing: making money. That consists of pleasing the consumer to an extent, or at least giving them the illusioned of being pleased. I don't see one as benevolent and one as malevolent. I see them both as trying to make a few bucks.