MS will announce a $100 price cut at E3. They must be already manufacturing Falcon consoles, so they are currently saving a big chunk of change on each unit -- so the price cut is negated for their bottom line.
MS will lose some money in the short term as they must continue to sell off current stock, but they will recoup their money when Falcon is released. Additionally, a price cut will put them at $299 for a premium, which I think will lure over a lot of fence-sitters. The increase in software sales will also help compensate.
The Wii, on the other hand, has absolutely no reason to cut their price. They are barely even able to meet demand for their console -- why slash the price on something that the consumer is clearly willing to pay full price for? Nintendo is not here to be altruistic -- they're here to make a profit.
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