I agree with the OP. How many cards left do the HD consoles have to play? I mean you hear the talk about how many WEEKS a PS3 slim can outsell the Wii. To slash the price 100$ only to have a couple of weeks of outselling a machine who's MSRP has remained the same for 3 yrs (didn't the price rise in UK?) you can't tell me that isn't troubling..Or in this context, not troubling to Nintendo in the least. And 360's recent price cut will probably do worse than that.
After a while price cuts can do damage to consumers perception of a product.
While the Slim saw a fantastic rise in hardware, software..well was rather weak. What does that tell you?
I'm interested in seeing how long this momentum can be sustained. Software is a stronger driver of momentum than price cuts are. The NPD showed a few things to me.
1) Madden sales are dropping.
2) WSR is looking like a Mario Kartesque seller.
3) Mario Kart and Wii fit are STILL in the top 10!
4) Third Party titles begining to thrive on Wii.
Bet between Slimbeast and Arius Dion about Wii sales 2009:
If the Wii sells less than 20 million in 2009 (as defined by VGC sales between week ending 3d Jan 2009 to week ending 4th Jan 2010) Slimebeast wins and get to control Arius Dion's sig for 1 month.
If the Wii sells more than 20 million in 2009 (as defined above) Arius Dion wins and gets to control Slimebeast's sig for 1 month.
