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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Kotaku's Rumor: Wii Pirce drop comming in October

alfredofroylan on 11 September 2009

Well it's time I guess.

Advance retail listings forwarded to Kotaku indicate that Nintendo is planning to issue its first price drop on the Wii, with a less expensive version of the console—currently priced at $249—coming the first week of October.

That listing comes from an early version of a Walmart ad that loosely dates, but does not price a "rollback" for Nintendo's console. While the ad is not official confirmation of a price drop, the timing makes sense, as the Wii is about to enter its fourth holiday shopping season at its original price.

Should Nintendo announce a price drop prior to October, it has a venue at which to do it. The company will be participating at the Kyoto Cross Media Experience 2009, a multimedia event that runs September 26th to October 4th, overlapping with the Tokyo Game Show.

http://kotaku.com/5357766/wii-price-drop-looks-to-hit-first-week-of-october

Now the question is ... How much??



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Mr Khan on 11 September 2009

Kyoto Cross? Is this a new thing for them?

 

I doubt it, though. We've gone over again and again why they have mostly everything to gain from pushing through the holiday season without a cut. Even if they lose potential sales, they'll gain in revenue, which many here hold is more important to them.



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jefforange89 on 11 September 2009

A less expensive version... releasing it without Wii Sports then? Or maybe Wii Sports bundle will be the entry-level bundle, and then at 250$ comes NSMBWii bundle? Though, this wouldn't really work for Japan.

Or maybe this is all false. It is just a rumour, after all. I personally wouldn't cut the price unless NSMBWii fails to push any hardware as a standalone product.



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Tayne on 11 September 2009

I don't see the point in dropping the price before megaton NSMB Wii hits. Someone just had to start a Wii price drop rumor.




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phnguyen89 on 11 September 2009

It's pointless. The only game I see worth getting is the new Super Mario bros. I doubt there will be a hardware sales increase because of it since the Wii is at the top already.



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ClaudeLv250 on 11 September 2009

Doesn't make any sense. October is the beginning of their big software push in all regions, and Iwata keeps stressing that software is what keeps sales up.



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LordTheNightKnight on 11 September 2009
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Interesting. I can't wait until then to see what happens. I'm still not sure if I completely believe it.

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On topic, I'll just wait and see,



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maykissthebride on 11 September 2009

Yeah, but there´s no real new software for the year´s end.

Cmon, people: we are excited for New Super Mario Bros Wii, sure...

But do you really belive "regular" people will buy it?

A 2d game for a home console?????????? in 2009?

Not a single chance.

So, new software wont move more units this chrismas, cause theres not any "new" software for the rest of 2009. A price drop could do the trick.



jefforange89 on 11 September 2009
maykissthebride said:
Yeah, but there´s no real new software for the year´s end.

Cmon, people: we are excited for New Super Mario Bros Wii, sure...

But do you really belive "regular" people will buy it?

A 2d game for a home console?????????? in 2009?

Not a single chance.

So, new software wont move more units this chrismas, cause theres not any "new" software for the rest of 2009. A price drop could do the trick.

Umm... what?

Say that to the near-20 million people who bought NSMB for DS.



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Mr Khan on 11 September 2009
maykissthebride said:
Yeah, but there´s no real new software for the year´s end.

Cmon, people: we are excited for New Super Mario Bros Wii, sure...

But do you really belive "regular" people will buy it?

A 2d game for a home console?????????? in 2009?

Not a single chance.

So, new software wont move more units this chrismas, cause theres not any "new" software for the rest of 2009. A price drop could do the trick.

I do say that City Folk has shown us that there is a chance that NSMBWii will fizzle (not fizzle, but fail to light the console sales aflame, much as City Folk itself did), because users have different values for console games than for handheld games, but if this game does half of what the original NSMB did, it will be one of the top-selling games released in this year (though it won't get those sales all at once)



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