The xbox360 is $200 now which is cheaper than a Wii. The PS3 can be had for $250 if you sign up for a credit card from Sonystyle.com. That's not factoring the fact that a Wii controller costs $60 versus the $40 from the competitors and you'll need an SD card for the Wii if you plan to utilize the download service at all.
I'm not going to argue prices with you, mainly because the $200 Xbox 360 is that totally stripped down version, and you keep talking about accessories like the 360 and PS3 don't have them.
Last year, the pro 360 was $250 with 2 games during the holidays. Your going to see the same thing this holiday. And the accessories do cost more with the Wii. And there is no player choice titles for the Wii. Yeah, some third parties drop their cost, but on the 360/PS3 you can get almost every title for a significant discount within a year of release. You don't want to argue this because it's very easy to see that the Wii is at least in the same price range and most likely more $ for most people. I also like it that since the arcade xbox only comes with 512 mb of memory it's stripped down. What other system comes with that much memory?
If the Wii tried with a price drop of only $50 and maybe buying a big exclusive game could they push to the 65-70% range? We'll never know because Nintendo is glued to short term profits that they don't realize that they risk turning off consumers in the future.
Could you explain this in detail? I don't see how lots of people buying the Wii at the current price means they should drop it and how it would risk turning off anybody. And LOL short term profits. This isn't a charity, guy.
Yes, laugh at me if you will. The Wii sold over 5 million in the first quarter of 08. They sold just 2.23 million in the first quarter of 09. They are getting close to saturation at this price point. While Wii came out of the blocks faster than the PS2, the PS2 never saw a decrease like that. So if Nintendo is happy because they are making money fine. But they could of sold 5 million this first quarter. They'd need to work with price to do it. And there is the whole issue of economies of scale. Nintendo has enough manufacturing capability to supply 5 million Wii's but they are only selling 2 million. This means plant closures and increased parts cost for them.
I never said it was a charity, I'm happy they print money. I'll have endless Mario sequels now. But with increased HD adoption, and cheaper HD consoles consumers could start turning to the PS3 and 360. If that happens they'll be hard to get back. I know this company that paid millions of dollars to a supplier to keep them happy. Without going into too much detail they had a contract tied to an indice that was grossly increasing and paid in arrears. So they were paying well below market value for the product and charging their customers based on the increasing indices. The company could have stuck it to them and said you signed the contract it's our money now. But they didn't want to go with another supplier so they evened up with them. Nintendo is walking that fine line by keeping prices high and eventually having consumers turn on them. It's alot harder to get a customer back then it is to keep them.
It's hard to say with certainty, but next generation when the 360/PS3 siblings have great graphics, new control schemes, and still have the third party dominance (since Wii isn't building bridges with developers) we'll see how well Nintendo does when people aren't caught off guard by innovative controls.
Didn't Sony already try a motion control thing? Didn't it suck so bad people forgot it existed which helped them pitch their Wii knockoff this year? Do you really think all those current 360 owners even like the prospect of Natal? Do you think all those third parties who spent this whole generation knocking motion controls are going to be able to just magically adapt when Sony and MS force them to use motion controls? This isn't so simple as it looks, dude. Better graphics doesn't = TEH WIN, because that would mean the PS3 and 360 would be tops and Wii would be in the pit. And to be honest, Nintendo can get all the graphical specs the 360 has and then some for bargain basement prices right now. If anything it's MS and Sony who are painted into a corner because they really can't advance graphics further than TVs can display or even customers can appreciably discern.
Didn't Nintendo try the motion thing before and it stunk (Power Glove)? Technology changes. You see what Sony and MS want you to see right now. I'm sure there is alot going on behind closed doors and alot of $ being spent on those techs. Just like Nintendo and IBM's new agreement which is sure to be the HD console from Nintendo. We'll see what everyone has in store for the next generation soon enough. I'm just saying that Nintendo caught Sony and Microsoft with their pants down on the motion controlled thing. They are not going to underestimate Nintendo next time or the market of casual gamers.
Also just to clarify, I don't think this is all a price issue. I think they should drop their price on the Wii $50 for the holiday season. This would offset the likely price decreases for PS3/Xbox360 and keep Wii in the forefront. The thing that makes me more upset is the fact that Nintendo is adamant against deals. Why is there not a player's choice? Every Nintendo console has had one. And why aren't they willing to work more with developers. Maybe GTA 4 could have been on the Wii as well if Nintendo would of gone to TT and said, "Hey we know you've never had a GTA on a Nintendo console before. If you do GTA 4 we will waive the licensing costs (approximately $12 a copy)." That wouldn't have cost them anything and would have put an end to this hardcore games don't sell on the Wii crap. But no special deals for anyone.
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