Will the Wii turn into the more expensive console?

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d21lewis on 02 January 2009

One_touch_KO said:

d21lewis said:
Interesting observation, One_touch_KO. I hadn't noticed that historical tidbit!

Sarcasm??? :S

Not at all. I usually notice stuff like "the most powerful console never wins" or "white/grey consoles always outsell black consoles". I didn't notice that one. I'm not sarcastic all the time!

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Swoosh2000 on 02 January 2009

If Nintendo cuts the price to $199.99 some time this year ... the resulting sales surge would be something epic to behold.

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One_touch_KO on 02 January 2009

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From my understanding the Pro model of the 360 is the most popular one and in Europe it costs less than the Wii (€240 vs. €250). I think the same is true in Japan. So America is the only region left in which the 360 can't be called the cheapest console yet.

Hmmm, well the Arcade model made up half of the X360 American sales for Black Friday week, so the question is was it just because it was black friday week, or has it been the best seller since the price cut, or has it managed to become the best seller of the three even before the cut?

We should only call the 360 cheaper than the Wii if we can be sure that the majority of its sales come from models priced lower than the Wii. It's already safe to say this for Japan and Europe because the Arcade and the Pro are cheaper than the Wii. For now it involves too much speculation to claim that the Arcade makes up the majority of 360 sales in America, so let's stick to saying that the Wii is still the cheapest system over there.

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Demotruk on 02 January 2009

Swoosh2000 said:

If Nintendo cuts the price to $199.99 some time this year ... the resulting sales surge would be something epic to behold.

That's only true when demand < supply, which isn't true for the Wii at the moment.

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One_touch_KO on 02 January 2009

Swoosh2000 said:

If Nintendo cuts the price to $199.99 some time this year ... the resulting sales surge would be something epic to behold.

Yea the console should sell more, but it would not be as much profitable as it is now...

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supermario128 on 02 January 2009

That would be interesting if it happened.

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neotea on 02 January 2009

Swoosh2000 said:

If Nintendo cuts the price to $199.99 some time this year ... the resulting sales surge would be something epic to behold.

Yeah create a greater demand for something that is hard to get a hold of even greater to get a hold of. I predict much rioting and more eb at higher price if this was to happen.