It's true, a price drop too early in a console's life is a bad idea; it lends an image of an unstable market position. And it makes people hesitant to buy because they'll figure hey, if one price drop happened so soon, another will happen soon too. Usually Nintendo price drops come with some sort of change in the offering. For example, the first 'price drop' for the NES involved releasing the Control Deck set, which just came with the system and 1 controller, but was about $50 less. So old buyers didn't feel ripped off for having paid full price, since new buyers didn't get the second controller or SMB1 and Duck Hunt.
Though I can't see Nintendo dropping the Wii Sports bundle any time soon, as it's still selling the system more than anything else could hope to. Once Wii Fit takes that role over, though, we could well see a "Wii only" offering for $200 that excludes Wii Sports.
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