Soundwave on 14 September 2009
| Smashchu2 said: He summed up what I though. One thing I didn't think was that people will now expect price drops. Expecting future price cuts will make buyers demand less (Econ 101) |
Why shouldn't consumers expect a price cut? Unlike portables, these hardware companies make a fortune off controllers/accessories/etc. off the console side to boot. Don't tell me Nintendo is donating all that money from $20 nunchakus (that probably cost $2 to make) and $20 Wii Motion Plus' to charity.
There has never been and never will be a console that never drops in price.
Even the NES which had like 95% market share still had price drops.
