Rumor: Nintendo dropping Wii price to $150
An anonymous source has claimed that the Wii will go on sale for $150 on May 15, only weeks before E3.
Nintendo may be looking to spur on sales of its little white motion-controlled console, according to Engadget. A "trusted source" claims the Wii will drop to $150 starting on May 15, a full $50 off the current hardware price.
The Wii hasn't been the wunderkind it once was, and has been partially attributed to Nintendo's declining profits. The DS has been in decline as well, but more understandably with the 3DS preparing to launch. The Wii doesn't have a known successor, so a price drop might be enough to spur hesitant shoppers.
May 15 is only a few weeks before E3, and a price drop seems like just the type of announcement that would fit into its stage presentation. But then again, a price drop could nicely lay the groundwork for the announcement of Nintendo's next console. Take this rumor with a grain of salt for now, but you might want to hold off on spending that $200 on a Wii just to be on the safe side.
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Comment on Rumor: Nintendo dropping Wii price, by Steve Watts.
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"Something is wrong with the Nintendo 64. There simply aren't enough quality games."
14 years ago.
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He said, "since the SNES," as in precluding the SNES but including N64, GC, Wii.
Agree about N64, the technical limitations of cartridges was clearly holding the system back, not to say there weren't some great games. PSX was clearly the better system. GC was better than N64, but PS2 was that generation's champion.
Wii might be the first ever console to kill the others in sales yet be viewed as lacking in good games.
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Dear Nintendo,
If you want to make the Wii be a total market dominator, all you have to do is get the price point down to where you can put this in every 7-Eleven store. This would open up the possible scenario:
Husband: "Honey, I'm going to go fill-up the car, and pick-up a Wii while I'm there."
Wife: "Oh, okay. Be sure to get some milk too."
Husband: "Sure."
-The Gaming Community
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