The Official May 2009 NPD Thread (Data at 6:30 PM EST)

[Squilliam]

Soriku said:

Squilliam said:

Im not saying they'd not support the Wii, I was saying perhaps they would end the sale of the Wii to retail earlier in the lifespan than say the PS2. This is especially true if they want to 'disrupt' the market once again.

They can disrupt the market again even with the Wii still in stock. Their next console is bound to be different than the Wii, so whether the Wii is still in stock or not doesn't matter. Having the Wii still in stock gives the incentives I listed, which in turn gives them money on top of they money they'll earn on their next console. It's a win for all, basically.

They don't really follow the price cut phillosphy, they said they wanted to wean consumers off the idea that the consoles price would come down. Also their next generation console would probably kill off sales for the Wii unless it was at a really low price.