UncleScrooge said:
I doubt the high sales were caused by the price drop. Especially in Japan the price drop didn't have that much of an effect and sales were down YoY until Mario Bros. was released. Iwata also said in an interview the price cut didn't have the effect they were expecting and to investors he said he was worried about the performance until December. Most likely Nintendo just underestimated the Mario effect and thought it wouldn't push such a lot of hardware. |
I think it was more than just the "mario effect". This was the 1st holiday where Wii wasn't supply constrained (for the most part). I believe that 08 could have been much closer to 09 had they not run out of stock. The reality is there were multiple things in play. Price drop, great games, and most importantly availability.
