Nintendough raising Wii price a national offence

[NJ5]

NinjaKido said:

NJ5 said:
I hope you'll apply the same standard to all the companies which raised one or another price in the UK (including among others, Sony).

Just be glad that software prices haven't increased (not that I know of at least).

 

Sorry but I haven't seen any of these alleged price rises Sony seem to be enforcing...

http://www.about-electronics.eu/2008/12/17/tv-prices-to-soar-in-the-uk-in-2009-as-a-result-of-the-plummeting-pound/

Sony, one of Japan’s leading manufacturers of consumer TVs, has stated that the plummeting value of the pound against the yen has left it unable to maintain current pricing. In a statement regarding forthcoming price increases, it announced last month that “it is likely that the vast majority of products affected will see increases of less than 33 per cent” and added that “Sony does not believe that it will be alone in taking this form of action”.

They probably would have loved to increase PS3 prices too, but the reason why they didn't do it is pretty obvious.