foxtail said:
The $99 Gamecube comes up all the time.. But the $99 Gamecube didn't exist in a bubble, most people don't remember but the DVD capable PS2 was very cheap as well. After the $99 price cut on the Gamecube the PS2 was on average only ~$51 more expensive. The PS2 was also on average only ~$54 more expensive than the Gamecube throughout the Gamecube's lifespan. ~$50 wasn't much of a premium to get the extra ability of a fully functioning DVD movie player. Price is important, but so is the price and demand of all competing products (which could include products from the same company).
According to Sony the PS1 production ended at 102.49M The Wii is at 101.63M and with the PS1 at 102.49M there's only a 0.86M difference between the Wii and PS1. Less than 1 Million is not that much and if the Wii cut its price earlier it would have had more than 101.63M easily. ------ Nintendo also actually kept the Wii above the $199 USD price point for a longer period than Sony kept the PS2 above $199. thus resulted, Sony sold around 11 Million PS2s in the NA region before it dropped to $199, it ended up selling 50 Million plus there. So close to 80% of PS2 sold in that region were sold for $199 or less. to compare, Nintendo sold ~26 Million Wii in the America region before it dropped to $199, it ended up selling 48 Million plus there. So less than 50% of Wii sold in that region were sold for $199 or less. ------ Nintendo could have done more to boost Wii sales, but the Wii did sell a lot in a short amount of time. The other HD consoles had the weight of the industry behind them, the Wii did not. Overall, what the Wii did was impressive for the time |
ps2 has did it with cheaper competitors, wii competed with most expensive consoles and not for a little.
