Was Wii's price ever a problem?

[justinian]

I have always found the wii to be an enigma.

I really couldn't believe how such a low spec machine totally hammered the competition (more so the x360 due to its competitive pricing) simply by being a so called "casual" motion sensing console.

Hence I initially thought a price cut was pointless, regardless what the other two did.

Was a price cut necessary? Nintendo obviously thought so and with that in mind who am I or anyone else to argue.

They have been around for a century, rarely - if ever been in the red, and have billions in the bank. You don't get to be in this position if you don't know what you doing.

No company is perfect and will make mistakes but with such a background as Nintendo's I will have to accept they did the right thing. Time as always, will tell.

Personally wii games (or the lack of) that interest me are few.

WSR is the first and only wii game I bought this year (I think that I have bought about 10 games this year).

So hence I conclude that:

1) There just isn't enough big releases to sustain the rate the wii was selling.

2) For a long time wii was selling well riding on the back on wii fit, MK etc., (maybe WSR will take up this role but I don't see it being a wii fit).

3) These games (wii fit, MK etc.,) are now slowly dropping down the charts so I think a price cut was necessary to push wii sales on.

What Nintendo does next is anyones guess.