"Sega" Nintendo could drop the Wii price to $80 and still make a profit

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johnsobas said:

foxxycontin said:

alfredofroylan said:

foxxycontin said:
The Gamecube actually cost around $80 in 2005, one year before the Wii released. So this actually makes sense.

The cube price was only for clearance, it's not the same situation.

The price wasn't for clearance. I could find people buying Gamecubes for $100 right before the Wii came out. Also how is it a clearance one year before a console ships?

Here's proof that the price was $100 and surprisingly that was in 2003.

http://cube.ign.com/articles/451/451364p1.html

that's not what he was talking about, he was saying the cube was $50, which it never was.  There was a sale on amazon sometime early last year where they sold the GC for $50, but it was just a clearance on amazon.  Wal-mart was giving away $100 gift cards when you buy a $200 system, doesn't mean anything. 

The point I was trying to say was, they were selling it for $100 in 2003. The Wii is just a Gamecube overclocked twice as fast. This goes into the conversation of if its possible for Nintendo to make a profit if the Wii was $80. I personally think it'd be a little more than that, but still, selling a Gamecube for $100 and still making a profit off of it says something.