Wii gets price cut

[twocows]

https://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=25383
Good or bad? Price cuts always piss me off when I invest early, which I did for the Wii. Also, in related news, the Internet Channel is free again (if you already bought it, you get a free NES game on virtual console).

 

[.Seth]

It seems like it'll drive up sales. Plus, it's the new "thing" in gaming.
PS3 Slim gets new price of $299.
Xbox 360 Elite gets new price of $299.
Wii will then get price to $199 due to it not being over $300, originally.

Make sense?

 

[The Apprentice™]

Hmmm. I guess it's good. More people will get to buy a Wii or PS3 or XBOX 360 for alot cheaper. Price cut are good I suppose. Now I could afford them ^^ Or at least one of them ha.

 

[Palamon]

Price cut sounds fine to me, but it probably won't stay that long, internet channel will cost money again soon enough.

 

[Fenrir Reki]

I dont care much for the wii so yeah it doesnt matter to me much. Besides, it seems like people dont really buy wiis now because most people would rather have 360s/PS3s.

 

[twocows]

Price cut sounds fine to me, but it probably won't stay that long, internet channel will cost money again soon enough.

They're permanent cuts, according to Nintendo. This includes the free Internet Channel.

 

[Mitchman]

The best part about this is that Europe not only gets a price cut but both WiiSports and WiiSports Resort with motion+. So worth buying a Wii again besides the fact that I own 20 games for it.

 

[Åzurε]

Mom was waiting for this, and there's a used Wii at our Gamestop... Yay for not owning a Wii yet! xD

 

[Kerotan]

TBH I thought that the Wii already costed $199. D:
Also, I'm pretty sure that the Wii price drop will be the least sale-changing because everyone already has a Wii. :P

 

[Meadow]

About the Internet Channel, if you bought it for 500 points already, you're allowed to get a free NES game for Virtual Console at the end of October via the Wii Shop Channel.

 

[Mukkamoto]

About the Internet Channel, if you bought it for 500 points already, you're allowed to get a free NES game for Virtual Console at the end of October via the Wii Shop Channel.

Yay :D some compensation xD
Price Cuts are amazing even though it wont affect me. This way Wii can be competitive with PS3/Xbox360

 

[Eruption]

Hmm I wonder if there are any good NES games.

A pricecut still won't make it worth it though, my wii is now waiting for my 360 to RROD so it can have two weeks of usage.

 

[mewthree w/armor]

I think I'll go out and get one when the time is right, its now in my price range.

 

[Haza]

Seems to me like the gaming companys are steadily makng room for the next wave of consoles.

 

[Fox♠]

Apparantly the UK isn't seeing the price drop.

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

I'd buy it, except I'm a poor college student and $199 is STILL too much for me :/

Then there's the lack of good anime-based RPG games, which is all I ever buy anymore :P

 

[Mitchman]

Apparantly the UK isn't seeing the price drop.

It is just its unoticable cause they raised the price and now they are lowering it to the original with a special bundle of WSR.

That box makes it look like a bat is in the box or something...

 

[Takoto]

Unsurprising, seeing as how the Playstation 3 and XBox 360 have gotten price-cuts recently.

 

[Eruption]

Seems to me like the gaming companys are steadily makng room for the next wave of consoles.

Unlikely, Microsoft are adding so much stuff (facebook, livefm etc.) in an update some time soon and Natal is coming soon to be compatible with the 360 not as a seperate console.

Sony will probably compete with microsoft by adding features but Nintendo might go next wave because they are too far behind, quality wise, to compete using the wii.

 

[♣Gawain♣]

Hmm. Usually price cuts means good to me, because it meas I can afford to buy Wii this end of the year.