what will happen to wii when PS3 and 360 reach a price point of $275 ?

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leo-j on 05 July 2008

When the ps3 is $299, everything will completely turn over.

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mike_intellivision on 05 July 2008

The Wii could be at the mass market price of $199 tomorrow if Nintendo wanted it to be.

For Microsoft and Sony, hitting that magic number means taking massive losses at this point. And the stockholders of nether company would want to take on any more losses.

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Strategyking92 on 05 July 2008

the 360 will be 50$ before the ps3 reaches 275$.....................
And the wii is 250$............... right now...............

And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

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brute on 05 July 2008

leo-j said:
When the ps3 is $299, everything will completely turn over.

i dont think so,by that time wii will be at $199

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lemieux-rules66 on 05 July 2008

The Wii still has not had its first price-cut. I think there will be no major difference

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brute on 05 July 2008

^actually the difference will be that wii will outsell them even more

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ZenfoldorVGI on 05 July 2008

brute said:

Soriku said:
So...how many times have we had this thread?

Like everyone said, the 360 is already cheaper than the Wii in EU and it's not having any effect on the Wii. It's not the price point, it's the innovation and games itself that is making it sell.

Besides, the 360/PS3 aren't going to get that close in terms of price. They're much more expensive to make than the Wii and it's going to take them years before they achieve that point where third parties are likely going to support the Wii mostly so it doesn't matter. Not to mention Wii sales will be far beyond PS3/360 sales.

well if 360 gets to 199$ in the U.S before wii then it might affect it a bit

There is no way in hell anything the 360 does will have any effect on Wii sales. It's because they consoles are viewed as performing 2 different tasks.

It's like saying, "If toasters drop to 40 bucks a pop, how will it affect microwave sales?"

It won't, it's silly, nothing the 360 or PS3 have ever done have effected demand for the Wii, and while pricing is important to the Wii, it's not relatively important compared to other consoles.

The PS3 could be 199 bucks, and be selling like hotcakes, but the Wii would still be selling like hotcakes as well.

Fanboys want to the view the world in blacks and whites. "People buy a Wii instead of the PS3 because it's cheaper."

Wrong.

People buy a Wii because it's cheap, and they are interested in it. Trust me when I tell you, that in most Wii purchase situations, the PS3 never comes up. Most Wii owners will never own a PS3 no matter how cheap it could concievably get, because the Wii interests them, as a fad, or a workout machine, or a motion controller, or a Wii-sports player, or a living room decoration, or a gaming device, or whatever. They could are less about the less popular, undground, hardcore PS3.

I mean, PS3 fanboys assume most Wii owners are casuals right? Well, casuals won't buy a PS3, and if they do, they'll play singstar and Bluray on it. NOT MGS4. Reality check.

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leo-j said:
When the ps3 is $299, everything will completely turn over.

So I suppose it depends on what happens first then? Wii passes 30 million still in high demand (about 3-4 weeks away) or the PS3 price drops $100. Sony had best act fast.