Wii price cut confirmed

Wii price cut confirmed

Joshua Seed on 21 September 2009 - 22:31 · 19 comments & 5503 views

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As reported by Nintendojo, a "retailer conference call" has confirmed a Wii price cut for September 27.

"Nintendojo can now confirm that such a cut is indeed coming," said the site. "Wii will be reduced to $199, effective Sunday, September 27th, and will likely include retailers nationwide."

Both Sony and Microsoft recently lowered the cost of their current hardware bringing the new PlayStation 3 Slim to $299.99 and the Xbox 360 too as follows:

• Xbox 360 Elite - $299.99 (was $399.99)
• Xbox 360 Pro - $249.99 while supplies last (was $299.99)
• Xbox 360 Arcade - $199.99 (same as old price)

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#1 Doli on 21 Sep 2009 - 22:36

The price I paid for my Wii two years ago

There is a nice selection of games coming out soon.

(2 replies) #2 Rudy on 21 Sep 2009 - 22:45

Anyone knows the price it will be in Canada?

#2.1 Lexcyn on 21 Sep 2009 - 23:22

Rudy said,

Anyone knows the price it will be in Canada?

I would say $239.99 - $249.99.

#2.2 d4diesel on 21 Sep 2009 - 23:57

more likely to be 229.99. isnt that the arcade`s price in canada right now?

#3 pupdawg21 on 21 Sep 2009 - 22:49

I'm kinda surprised to see Nintendo responding to the changing competitive environment so rapidly, but I guess with the PS3 Slim nearly tripling or doubling the Wii's sells on a worldwide basis since launch got them to finally cave in. Now Wii will be the same price as a 360 Arcade.

The PS3 Slim gave the PS3 a lot of momentum ... the 360 got some momentum from the price drop but nothing like a new design to give a console a shot in the arm to boost start sales. I wonder when will they ever start releasing the color Wii consoles? I remember seeing pictures of them years ago but nothing on the market yet.

(1 reply) #4 powerade01 on 21 Sep 2009 - 22:58

That was really a surprise....They explained they would not cut their prices as sales kept going up.

They can cut them because AFAIK Nintendo still makes a profit on their consoles.

#4.1 DomZ on 21 Sep 2009 - 23:04

You'd wait for sales to level off or start declining before cutting the price, and I imagine they're keeping the coloured wii's up their sleeves for the next time sales start to stagnate.

(2 replies) #5 ozzy76 on 21 Sep 2009 - 23:34

With all due respect to Nintendo, I won't even flirt with the notion of buying one until it's $99. I really want to play the classic Mario games from my youth but don't want to gamble on a NES off of Ebay. Sadly, it'll likely be dropped by Nintendo before it gets to be $99. Come on Nintendo, allow us old fogeys (33) to play classic NES games for cheap.

#5.1 DigitalDude on 22 Sep 2009 - 03:26

Well there is always the homebrew method....

#5.2 testman on 22 Sep 2009 - 10:22

ozzy76 said,

If you're desperate to play old games, you can afford to pay for the console.

(5 replies) #6 King Antonius on 21 Sep 2009 - 23:51

So they RAISE the price in the UK, and drop it in the US. ****ing great.

So now it is:
£199.99
$199.99

****ers.

#6.1 +Kirkburn on 22 Sep 2009 - 00:08

King Antonius said,

So they RAISE the price in the UK, and drop it in the US. ****ing great.

Where did you get that from??

#6.2 MightyJordan on 22 Sep 2009 - 00:16

Kirkburn said,

Where did you get that from??

I'd like to know too. Because everywhere I look, the RRP is still listed at Â£180.

#6.3 King Antonius on 22 Sep 2009 - 09:23

Well it is common knowledge that nintendo raised the price for the UK, but not all retailers passed it onto the customers. GAME was one of the companies that did raise it for customers to Â£199.99. This is due to Nintendos price increase... Also, I work in game and sell them on a regular basis. ALSO, here: http://wii.nintendolife.com/news/2009/03/w...rease_to_hit_uk

#6.4 +Kirkburn on 22 Sep 2009 - 13:30

King Antonius said,

Except that was back in March. What's to say the price isn't being decreased in the UK too this time?

#6.5 King Antonius on 22 Sep 2009 - 13:54

It might have been back in march, but the price went up for customers in some places in August.

#7 ghos on 22 Sep 2009 - 01:24

I figured this would be coming even though they had recently denied it. Nintendo usually hasn't been the first to lower their console price, waiting for others to move first. Its a better price for sure. I don't really use mine anymore as there have been very few games that interest me and ones like Madden that I would be interested in they turned into a cartoon. I had really hoped Nintendo would work on graphics even though they aren't HD, but still overall the graphics don't excite me. I know graphics aren't everything in a game, but the games just seem stale to me.

#8 ishtar on 22 Sep 2009 - 08:28

Still tooo expensive the games suck the extra controllers that you add on to the main controller look like something you get from a recycling bin..cheap and flimsly......

#9 Solid Knight on 22 Sep 2009 - 17:29

I'm glad they dropped the price. Now I'm going to sell my old one for $260 and buy a new one.

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