| ZechsMerquise said: It doesn't need new hardware, the Wii is still selling well and outsold the 360 last week worldwide. It doesn't need new games, this year alone we're still to see Donkey Kong, Epic Mickey, Sonic Colours, Mario Collection, Call of Duty: Black Ops and this year we've had Metroid, Goldeneye, Mario Galaxy 2, Just Dance 2, Wii Party and a host of other gems. What's more, Nintendo is the best selling games publisher every week. It's down to price, the Wii hardware has never had a price cut, simple. An XBOX360 S costs just £189.99 over here, just £10 more than a Wii. Both XBOX and PS3 have slashed their prices to become more competitive, the Wii has always been the same price. It's time Nintendo cut the price, just taking it down to £149.99 would probably do it. |
Uhm, the Wii had a 20% price reduction last fall, remember? It was 250$ a launch and the new bundles add twice as much value at 200$. 200$ is pretty much mass market price, a lot of people seem to think that since the Wii has had only one price cut it has tons of leverage available if they cut it further. Thing is; lower entry price = less leverage for and with price cuts in the future.
As I said, it is already at mass market price since last fall.
