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Forums - Sales Discussion - Hypothetical: What if the PS3 was $150 right now

jarrod on 04 February 2010
EncodedNybble said:
jarrod said:
Inversely... what if Wii was $99 right now?

I think this wouldn't have that great of an effect (maybe a consistent 10% increase over current numbers).

 

Why?

 

Wii is already the cheapest console, people who want a game console but don't want to spend a lot of money (thus not caring which console they get) would probably own a wii.  To put another way all of the "impulse buys" from this price point would have to come from PS360 owners since the Wii has already been the most "impulse buy" console for a while.

 

The Wii has already been sold to like 1/6th of the world's population (I keed), so, unless penguins start buying Wiis, they have no more people to sell to.

I agree with the 10% increase, but that's largely due to supply contraints. ;)

A $99 barrier of entry is a pretty fucking gigantic difference from $199, especially in today's economy...

 

Actually, I sort of suspect a $99 Wii would still probably be profitable for Nintendo. lol.



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Grimes on 04 February 2010

What if the Wii were 49 cents, because that's probably how much the Wii would sell for if Nintendo decided to take the same losses per unit.



Anyone can guess. It takes no effort to throw out lots of predictions and have some of them be correct. You are not and wiser or better for having your guesses be right. Even a blind man can hit the bullseye.

EncodedNybble on 04 February 2010
Grimes said:
What if the Wii were 49 cents, because that's probably how much the Wii would sell for if Nintendo decided to take the same losses per unit.

LOL, I wish there were kudos on this site (are there? I'm new)



richardhutnik on 04 February 2010
CommonMan said:
I believe Kevin Butler said it best "Price check in aisle BOOM!"

360 would be out of business (if were talking holding it's price steady, which would be suicide) and the PS3 and Wii would be neck and neck.

PS3 with reasonably priced Wands and also a line of software like the Wii has, would likely mean the PS3 could mean it would be neck and neck with the Wii.

Don't underestimate the appeal of Halo and other 360 exclusives though.  Out of business would be a serious stretch.



richardhutnik on 04 February 2010

What if you were able to get an Atari Jaguar in a happy meal, and it was bundled with Tempest 2000? Wow, this journey into the absurd is fun!



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TWRoO on 04 February 2010
jarrod said:
EncodedNybble said:
jarrod said:
Inversely... what if Wii was $99 right now?

Actually, I sort of suspect a $99 Wii would still probably be profitable for Nintendo. lol.

Not so... I can't be bothered to explain but using Nintendo's financial statements they are probably making somewhere between $20-50 on average (using FY 2009 and previous.... perhaps exchange rates have helped or hindered them in the last 9 months to change that)

However what Grimes said will be true.... after all if Sony would lose about $200 per unit with a $150 PS3, well for the Wii to lose that amount it would have to be free



jarrod on 04 February 2010
Grimes said:
What if the Wii were 49 cents, because that's probably how much the Wii would sell for if Nintendo decided to take the same losses per unit.

lol!

 

<3<3



Kasz216 on 04 February 2010
CommonMan said:
I believe Kevin Butler said it best "Price check in aisle BOOM!"

360 would be out of business (if were talking holding it's price steady, which would be suicide) and the PS3 and Wii would be neck and neck.

Right before Sony had to hang up a "Going out of buisness" sign anyway.



jarrod on 04 February 2010
TWRoO said:
jarrod said:
EncodedNybble said:
jarrod said:
Inversely... what if Wii was $99 right now?

Actually, I sort of suspect a $99 Wii would still probably be profitable for Nintendo. lol.

Not so... I can't be bothered to explain but using Nintendo's financial statements they are probably making somewhere between $20-50 on average (using FY 2009 and previous.... perhaps exchange rates have helped or hindered them in the last 9 months to change that)

However what Grimes said will be true.... after all if Sony would lose about $200 per unit with a $150 PS3, well for the Wii to lose that amount it would have to be free

Man, if that's the case then they really, really need to get their engineers on some cost cutting revisions asap.  If they could get the GameCube down to profitability at $99 in 2003, then there's really no excuse for only making $20-50 on a $199 Wii in 2009.  Talk about money left on the table.



EncodedNybble on 04 February 2010

@jarrod

Don't you mean money left in the machines?

*Ducks!*