It doesn't matter if Wii's are still making profit, what matters now is what explanation will they hand out to shareholders for their overprojection of Wii sales. If they lower their forecast too much then shares will be sold and Nintendo will lose a lot of money. If they announce a price cut it will have to be an immediate one, if not sales will die until the price is cut.
Nintendo is on pace to sell 16 - 18 million units this year, nothing similar to the 26 million they projected. And I can't see a pricecut happening this year either unless it happens very soon. Nintendo relies too much on 2-3 games/year and that's suicidal, because if they don't spur the interest they expected (like AC:CF, Punch Out or Wii Music) then sales take a deep hit. On Top of that WF+ and WSR are sequels, and will sell mostly to existing owners.
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Bets with Conegamer:
Pandora's Tower will have an opening week of less than 37k in Japan. (Won!)
Pandora's Tower will sell less than 100k lifetime in Japan.
Stakes: 1 week of avatar control for each one.
