I agree somewhat with malstrom but for slightly different reasons. I not predicting doom and gloom like he is and I personally don't understand why deducting a mere 50 bucks from your console an entire 3 years after release is completely "submitting to the red ocean," however I do think Nintendo should have waited this out until at least early next year. The reason being Nintendo has two HUGE guns already to go into the holiday season; Wii Fit Plus and NSMB. These games would probably be the equivillant of a price cut in terms of marketing hype and sales boosts for the next several months.

At the very least, they should have waited to see where the PS3 and 360 sales stabilize after the hype of their respective price cuts die down. Because if they receded back to the lvls before the price cuts, then Nintendo would have a MAJOR advantage and still have the price cut card in their hands to use at their disposal while Sony and MS's hands would be ties for quite awhile after numerous price cuts already. Basically, this price cut won't hurt nintendo like Malstrom claims, and may actually help nintendo gain momentum which WILL benefit them long term. However, I am with him in that this was the wrong move to make for nintendo at this time.

The only thing is that the gaming press will use the timing to bash the Wii, which they would do anyway. What matters is if the mainstream cares. If so, they won't give a shit of the other consoles just cut their prices as well, except that it means the game systems are all cheaper.

Its possible that they drop the Wii to $199 to clear the old inventory. Introduce bundles/and or colors at $250. Two choices for the consumer. Maybe that is what they are planning.

...and apparentally never heard of google?

Well atleast you are a fast reader. Again 961+ words per minute impressive!

Yeah, I've been thinking the same. A temporary price cut for the old Wii and a new package with Wii Sports Resort for $250. That makes more sense to me.

SW, you should probably not get your knowledge of BOS from intern forum threads. When you actually bother to read BOS then go on to make claims. Nintendo has pretty much adopted the principle of BOS. That doesn't mean they are prone to mistakes and much of your comments seem to indicate a lack of knowledge of the long term effects.

As for bolded part of the text. That's pretty much how BOS works. Find a market that makes money. Learning to reduce risk, over head and find that profitable bottom line. It doesn't mean that BOS isn't adaptable or fluctuating. ACtually after 100 years of business studies by the writers of BOS. THe only successful strategy is a changing strategy. So any moves by Nintendo is to continue on the idea of finding that profitable bottom line. Sometimes they will make mistakes sometimes they won't. The more evidence of lack of BOS is the PS3 launch where Sony went blindly into the market. Believing the same current high compitition enviroment is the most profitable.

So however you look at it they will follor the principles. It's just that understanding the principles are common sense in business. Though most businesses don't display it.

Why are people constantly saying that Wii Fit+ is going to make the Wii sales go over the roof? The game is not aimed for a new audience, as it has been on shelves for more than a year and a half. It's barely a repackaging with some new activities and it's more expensive, how is that supposed to bring in new customers?

Besides, it was Nintendo's fault this happened because of the lack of SW throughout the year. They made the same mistake than last year which was relying on a couple of games for 6 months or more. Price cut is an emergency thing they have to cater to to avoid losing more momentum. If SW was the answer, then it's their fault for releasing barely anything in the entire year.

The gap was in the hopes third parties would fill it, which they did with the DS. So it's just as much the fault of third parties for not taking the obvious opportunity.

Ehhhhh...

It's been a really long dry period from Nintendo on the Wii.

I still don't get this whole "anti content direction" thing. Aside from Wii Music, exactly what user generated content games have come out on the Wii?