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Picko on 01 December 2008
Imthelegend said:

We know that Sony may reduce the price of the PS3 in March. Its discussed here..

http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=2579

 

Now what are the chances of the Wii having a price cut just to get one up on Sony. If the Wii was cut to $200 and a game included(maybe Wii Sports Resort as well as Wii Sports) then  the price cut by Sony night not get the reaction Sony wants. I know Nintendo is struggling to keep up with making the Wii fast enough but this may make the Wii even more popular(if its possible) and make the PS3 cut null and void so to speak. What do you think?

I think it would be a great idea and one Nintendo should really consider. It will take some sales from the PS3 .Sales it really really needs to stimulate a console that at the moment is losing its way. Only problem for Nintendo is the lost revenue on console sales. But I think it would be worth it.

 

 

Not only is it not going to happen, it's also a bad idea.

Nintendo are unable to cater for demand as it is. Lowering the price increases demand but does nothing for supply. Nintendo would sell the same number of consoles but would do so at a lower price. It's a bad idea.



 
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smbu2000 on 01 December 2008
Xponent said:
The Wii is certainly due for a price cut/remodel in Japan soon. I rate the chances of this occurring in the West at some point next year, although I doubt it will happen as early as March. More likely around the end of the year in time for the holiday boost.

It's probably not going to happen in Japan anytime soon if the DS Lite is any indicator. The DSL never had a price reduction in Japan and was always at the same 16,800 yen price point thoughout it's life, not even during it's "slow" period earlier this year. Now that's it's kind of being discontinued (in favor of the DSi) the price has actually gone up a little bit about 2,000 yen for the DSi.




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