The Wii price cut

[wraggster]

It is looking more and more like Nintendo may have no option to make the Wii cheaper at retail, despite what Satoru Iwata says. Here’s why:

It has been at the same price for a long time now, during which it has become a lot cheaper to make. Especially with the volumes they are churning out. And they were making a profit in every unit from the beginning. So there is plenty of room to drop the price.
They are ramping up production to 25 million units a year. Initially these will just meet the backlog of demand but once that is done they will need to use the price mechanism to shift them.
Their release schedule is looking very weak. Right now we have Super Smash Bros, Brawl, Mario Kart and Wii Fit. Then nothing mega and lots of shovelware. Compare that with the PS3 and 360.
GTA IV. This is going to transform the balance in the market strongly in favour of the HD consoles. The Wii is going to look increasingly last gen.
To make the most money out of the Wii back catalogue of games Nintendo need as many platforms out there as possible. At a lower price they will sell more Wiis and milk it on the software.
The Microsoft Xbox 360 price cuts now make the Wii look very expensive. You get a whole lot more for your money with the 360.
So when is this going to happen. Q3 08 is my best bet. But it could be a little later. It depends on what the market is telling them.

http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/04/...wii-price-cut/

[alexh]

What a terrible reporter.

The Wii price will stay the same, they have absolutely no need to drop it. It's selling strong everywhere. In the US it's always sold out.

Ok, so there are no GREAT games for the next few months, but any games developer with any ounce of sense has decided that they must now support the Wii and it's unique control systems.

Star Wars: Force Unleashed, Crash Bandicoot: Mind over Mutant, Tales of Symphonia all good forthcoming Wii titiles.

[JKKDARK]

But it's selling less than PSP weekly in Japan

[Cast128dreams]

Hey Psp is handheld compare it with Ds
and as for the WII it would be right by
comparing it with xbox 360 and Ps3.
Right?

[trugamer]

The wii was outselling the psp for quite a long time (i think) that is what JKK Dark means

and don't forget the ps2 is the best selling console of all time, and it isn't handheld