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[Immortal]

Squilliam said:

Immortal said:

Squilliam said:

Ok, the Wii has had a 20% cut with the addition of $50 worth of games and hardware.

The Xbox 360 Arcade has had a 33% cut with the addition of memory and networking with an extra year on market.

The Xbox 360 Premium model has had a 25% cut with the addition of memory and networking with an extra year on market.

The PS3 has had a 50% cut with the addition of memory.

It is hard to really state definitively that the Wii isn't in the same ballpark for value / price adjustments.

I hope you're not trying to compare the PS3 to the Wii 'cause a 50% price cut is much higher than 20% price cut, not to mention the Slim. The 360 you could argue is comparable, but percentages can really be used for spins, :P. A 100$ price cut, two different models and a Slim redesign. I don't think that can be compared to a 50$ price cut and 50$ of games. Besides, Wii's been in the black since its launch and it therefore can most likely spew out more price cuts, which was really my main point.

Im not saying the PS3 hasn't had the steepest price cuts. All im saying is that whilst the Wii has had colours, increased bundles and a singular price cut it isn't so far removed from the Xbox 360 and PS3 as to say that it has hardly had any price adjustments and SKU modifications to not be within the same ballpark.

As for price cuts:

The Xbox 360 could easily be cut in price whilst remaining profitable, the same as the Wii. Also given the fact that the U.S. dollar is tied to the Chinese commie dollar (forgot name!) they have the best of both worlds whilst the U.S. dollar is weak.

The PS3 I don't think can be considered in the same ballpark. 300$ is so much bigger of a price cut than 50$ that you could've bought a Wii at launch with the difference (except on e-bay, :P). I can agree with you on the 360, though.

Anyway, if the Yen becomes a really huge problem over the long term, Nintendo will likely do something about it eventually. Like maybe relocate to China, xD. Isn't the Japanese government trying to improve things though?