Wii price at $299.99 USD

[Stonecutter]

Originally Posted by Professor S

Well actually its the same price for the 360 minus hard drive, meanwhile the Wii can only perform a little better than the original Xbox (reportedly). Yeah, big mistake if this price point is true.

Wii's advantage was that is was supposed to be the cheaper alternative. I wouldn;t call $300 "cheaper" to the point that it would be a marketing advantage.

Also, what do you think the 360 price w/HD is going to be by the time the Wii and PS3 are launched? I smell a price drop coming by that time. The Wii will still sell internationally, especially in Japan where it has a large loyal fanbase, but once again Nintendo doesn't really care to dominate the western market anymore. They are quite happy to be a niche third place, while profiting on each game not taking a beating on each console sold. Makes economic sense.

Then again, this is if the $300 pp is accurate by launch time. If manufacturing costs drop by then I expect it to fall.

I don't think you'll see a 360 price drop until 2007. Even with two competitors, at the 300/400 price point, they're still going to sell out at Christmas. Why drop the price?