| thomasward00 said: My friend is a manager at the local Wal Mart, this past Christmas I was able to purchase a Red Wii bundle for 199 with a 75 dollar gift card. My friend told me that the store mgmt expects Nintendo to drop the Wii's price this spring or summer to either 149 or 129, next Christmas we will see black friday specials with the Wii going to 99 Dollars. Kinect is a 150 dollar add on, add to that Microsoft isn't able to cut the price on the entry level 360 this year. This country is still in a recession and a 150 dollar fully functional Wii won't suffer from a 300 dollar Xbox 360 Kinect bundle. Nintendo will combat the Kinect and Move with price this generation, they have already won.
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Software is how you compete. For one thing, a steady stream of big games is the reason the PS3 and 360 were able to sell as well as they have. And it's well known that poor software lineups for most of 2009 and 2010 were what hurt Wii sales.
The system needs more big games, not a price cut. If their upcoming Motion Plus software gets more attention than any upcoming Move or Kinect games, that will be the best kind of response.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
