http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/in terms of console price drops]]>Sep 23rd 2009 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/PS3 Slim sold over 1 million within 2 weeks only according to the news we got an hour ago from TGS.

I think Nintendo problems were the software not the price, Sony problem was the high price.

Sony Fixed The price problem and they got many first and third party games coming while nintendo got pretty much nothing compared to the PS3/XBOX360.

Nintendo should focus more on the software because price cuts wont help them, Game cube didn't sell anything even when its price got dropped to 99$]]>Sep 23rd 2009 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/wait till NPD sep results and you will see it yourself
The price cut will help the PS3 but it wont help the wii

Wii 250$+Free game is a mainstream price
PS3 400$+No free game = not mainstream price

lets be realistic, how many times have you heard people say "We want a PS3 but it's expensive" versus "We want a wii but it's expensive"]]>Sep 23rd 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/
Don't confuse Sony, or they just raise the price the next time, like they are doing with the new PSP...]]>Sep 23rd 2009 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/
In fact...what's the ps3 make for profit for sony these days? Oh taht's right...3 years later and they''re still losing money]]>Sep 24th 2009 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 24th 2009 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 24th 2009 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/don't tell me you don't know who mario is either]]>Sep 23rd 2009 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 24th 2009 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/
Personally, I think the $50 mail-in-rebate on Xbox 360 Elite's is more enticing than this, especially since they just lowered the normal price to $300.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/
Zelda, Mario, Fire Emblem, and Metroid, best games evah!]]>Sep 23rd 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/
And honestly, it's a shitty device for "gamers". No (or very few) really (visually and gameplay-wise) engaging games on it that aren't a simple diversion.

It has a market: casual 'gamers'. And for that reason it should be priced to buy almost impulsively, so anyone who even thinks they won't play it that much won't feel like it's a huge purchase.

Also, profit margins. Nintendo has been raking in the cash from their hardware units unlike Microsoft and especially Sony.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/
what's also really funny is that Wii games are natively rendered in 720p. have you ever seen smash bros emulated on the pc? it's looks beautiful. if nintendo was smart, they'd introduce a wiiHD that had a stronger gpu and cpu and native HD outputs and built in motionplus on the wiimotes and sell it for 250 and the regular wii could slowly be phased out at 199. it cannot cost much more to produce]]>Sep 23rd 2009 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 24th 2009 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 24th 2009 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 24th 2009 1:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 24th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/? ]]>Sep 23rd 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/
Nintendo pretty much lost all appeal to me in the 90s... The last time they actually did anything worthwhile. ]]>Sep 24th 2009 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 24th 2009 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/
Nintendo might have a problem when I have friends putting together original N64/GameCube get togethers every weekend.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/
Btw, speaking of a Wii...I am selling my 2.5 month old Wii w/modchip installed, b/c I don't have time to play it anymore. My Wii comes with a few extras as well, so if anyone is interested, just let me know.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 23rd 2009 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/
When Nintendo offers to pay ME to play their tired, warmed-over franchises, I'll subject myself to them again. Until then, Nintendo can f*ck off. They played the "Oh! It's Soooo rare and hard to get" card with the Wii for too long, and then they turn the console into the drop-off point for the worst shovelware in the industry; All of it centered around waving a stick.

No thanks. I'm not interested in EVER playing another Zelda, Mario, or Metroid game. FIND SOME NEW MATERIAL Nintendo!

They're like the Carrot Top of videogame consoles.]]>Sep 24th 2009 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/
Don't like it, don't buy it. Simple.

Oh and don't worry you'll still be able to play GT5, GTA4, RE5 and FFXIII (don't get me wrong these games are amazing). But anybody who's played Mario Galaxy, Metroid and Zelda knows that they are a notch above the rest.]]>Sep 25th 2009 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 24th 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 24th 2009 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 24th 2009 2:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/nintendo-finally-confirms-new-199-wii-price/Sep 24th 2009 1:44PM