wraggster
April 16th, 2011, 13:59
The £99.98 price of a Black Wii console bundle at GAME (http://www.game.co.uk/Consoles/Wii/Black-Wii-Console-with-Wii-Remote-Plus/~r352943/) has nothing to do with Nintendo clearing stock ahead of a Wii 2 announcement, Eurogamer has been told.
GAME further reduced the £129.99 Wii price to £99.98 as part of an on-going Easter sale. But the deal won't last forever.
Incidentally, that Black Wii comes with Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and a Wii Remote Plus.
"Just to confirm that the Wii price of £99.98 is part of the on-going Easter deals campaign we are running and not related to anticipated price-drops or any new hardware rumours," a spokesperson for GAME clarified.
Giant online shop Amazon.co.uk offers the very same Black Wii bundle for the very same £99.98 price (http://www.amazon.co.uk/o/ASIN/B004FEF5PC/175-21/NINTENDO/). However, Amazon hasn't returned Eurogamer's request for comment.
Overnight, rumours spread that Nintendo plans to announce a Wii 2 at E3 this summer. The console will apparently be "significantly more powerful (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-14-wii-2-to-be-revealed-at-e3-report)" than both PS3 and Xbox 360, be backwards compatible, use Blu-ray (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-15-next-nintendo-console-to-use-blu-ray) and have a touch-screen on the controller.
Days earlier, reports claimed Nintendo will cut the price of Wii in May (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-13-nintendo-wii-price-drop-in-may-report), bringing the US price of the console down to $150.
Coincidence?
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-15-games-GBP99-wii-price-unrelated-to-wii-2
GAME further reduced the £129.99 Wii price to £99.98 as part of an on-going Easter sale. But the deal won't last forever.
Incidentally, that Black Wii comes with Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and a Wii Remote Plus.
"Just to confirm that the Wii price of £99.98 is part of the on-going Easter deals campaign we are running and not related to anticipated price-drops or any new hardware rumours," a spokesperson for GAME clarified.
Giant online shop Amazon.co.uk offers the very same Black Wii bundle for the very same £99.98 price (http://www.amazon.co.uk/o/ASIN/B004FEF5PC/175-21/NINTENDO/). However, Amazon hasn't returned Eurogamer's request for comment.
Overnight, rumours spread that Nintendo plans to announce a Wii 2 at E3 this summer. The console will apparently be "significantly more powerful (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-14-wii-2-to-be-revealed-at-e3-report)" than both PS3 and Xbox 360, be backwards compatible, use Blu-ray (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-15-next-nintendo-console-to-use-blu-ray) and have a touch-screen on the controller.
Days earlier, reports claimed Nintendo will cut the price of Wii in May (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-13-nintendo-wii-price-drop-in-may-report), bringing the US price of the console down to $150.
Coincidence?
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-15-games-GBP99-wii-price-unrelated-to-wii-2