Nintendojo : 27th SEP = Wii Price Drop Date (Retailer Conference confirms)

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ph4nt said:

Garnett said:

@Stefan

 

Im not talking about last generation,this gen the Wii was gladly outselling a $400 PS3,But when the PS3 droped to $300,Nitty was FORCED to drop the price of the Wii,or else the PS3 would out sell it,Same for 360.

Wii would still outsell PS3, just not by as much.

The real reason for Nintendo's price cut is simple, they feel they won't meet projections unless they drop the price. Nintendo doesn't need to worry about a system over 30 million units behind.

I agree, but what you're writing about are Nintendo goals behind the cut, the reasons sales may have dropped (if the rumour is confirmed) enough to force N to an immediate cut are maybe the rumours about the cut themselves, without them we see that Wii is still able to outsell XB360, while PS3 is still a distant 3rd, despite the good sales after the cut and the likelyhood a decent average is kept after the initial rise fades away.

Rumours could make unbearable a sales flection that otherwise could be still bearable, without them most probably Nintendo could be able to delay the cut until Autumn 2010.