Wii Now 200(US) 220(Canada), nSMBWii 11/15/09

[BreakABone]

http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=20096

The price drop is effective this Sunday.

More importantly new Super Mario Bros Wii is out on nov 15th.

[Dyne]

Heck yeah. I think this is the only Wii game I'm buying this season, though. Hmmm.

[BreakABone]

Also a price drop in the great white north

Wii AT $219.95 BEGINNING SEPT. 27
Key Software Releases Further Demonstrate System’s Incomparable Value

VANCOUVER, BC., Sept. 23, 2009 – Beginning Sunday, Sept. 27, the world’s most popular home video game system gets even more appealing. On that day, Nintendo’s suggested retail price for its record-setting Wii™ drops by $60 to $219.95. The new $219.95 Wii price point delivers the full iconic Wii gaming experience, including the motion-sensing Wii Remote™ controller, Nunchuk™ controller and Wii Sports™ software, and furthers Nintendo’s mission to expand the gaming universe by making video games accessible to more and more consumers.

[Angrist]

The UK gets a new SKU, including Wii Sports Resort and WM+. And the original Wii Sports. For the original launch price, which is pretty sweet considering the inflation.

[TheGame]

Originally Posted by Thespis721

I remember reading an article that when the Wii was released (RELEASED) the cost of making a Wii was something like $230 or so. The reason it was a big deal was because Nintendo was the only company actually MAKING money off console sales opposed to Microsoft and SONY who were losing $100 or so for each console sale.

Yeah, I think that was the same with Gamecube too.

[manasecret]

Even after lopping $50 off, Nintendo is still very likely to take in a hefty profit on every Wii system sold. In early 2008, Forbes reported that the Big N made $6 on every Wii released to the wild. Earlier this year, analyst Koya Tabata of firm Credit Suisse said that since that time the cost to produce Nintendo's videogame platform had fallen by more than 45 percent.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/102/1027488p1.html

So if I do my math right, they were making $6 off the presumably $250 package, which puts Nintendo's cost at $244 in 2008. If N's cost dropped 45%, that means it now costs them $134.20 to make. That means even at the new price point, they're raking in the dough. Everytime they sell a million consoles even if their costs never drop again, they make $65.8 million. That's a ridiculous amount of money.

[magus113]

Yeah that is pretty insane. If the numbers all match up though. I'm not saying your math it wrong because it looks solid but who knows what other factors are thrown in there.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by TheGame

Yeah, I think that was the same with Gamecube too.

Nintendo as far as I know has never lost money on their consoles.
I mean unlike Sony and MS they don't have other departments to keep them afloat.

Anyhow, no one is jumping on, but I guess would be cool for current Wii owners, apparently Amazon will be having some deals on key Wii games to celebrate the price drop launch (?)

http://www.amazon.com/Wii-Nintendo/d...3842276&sr=8-1

Celebrate Sunday's Wii Price Drop with Savings
If you are considering a Wii, you might like to know that the price of the Wii console will drop to just $199.99 starting at 12 AM PST, Sunday, September 27, 2009. Come back when it does and celebrate your purchase with surprise savings on some of our best games and accessories for Wii!

Seems like also trying to push Wii Motion Plus

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wii Sports Resort™ is all about getting multiple people involved in friendly sporting competitions. Starting Oct. 12, consumers will have even more incentive to get in on the fun when Nintendo releases a special, limited-edition bundle of the Wii Sports Resort game and not one but two Wii MotionPlus™ accessories, which bring enhanced precision to games.

The bundle will be available at a suggested retail price of $59.99. Typically, Wii Sports Resort comes with a single Wii MotionPlus unit at a suggested retail price of $49.99, and additional Wii MotionPlus units are available at a suggested retail price of $19.99.

“Shoppers are looking for value as we head into the holiday season, and this Wii Sports Resort bundle is a gift that players of all ages and experience levels can enjoy,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Best of all, it instantly gets multiple members of the household engaged in playing as soon as the package is opened.”

The new bundle will be available while supplies last at most major retailers.

Through the end of August, Wii Sports Resort has already sold more than 1.25 million units in the United States alone, according to the NPD Group. Nearly 2.9 million Wii MotionPlus accessories are in the hands of the public. That includes all those sold with Wii Sports Resort, standalone sales of 1.36 million and an additional 257,000 bundled with Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 10.

[Angrist]

That's a nice deal. I hope we get it in the EU.

Then again, if Zelda comes bundled with a WM+, I'll have too many of them...

[BreakABone]

Probably should go to bed, but alas

If you buy a Wii at Amazon, you get a 25 dollar gift card, which is a nice deal.

But they also seem to have cut some prices.
Wii Play, Smash Bros Brawl, Galaxy, Mario Kart are all 40 bucks.
Excitebots with Wheel is 20
New Play Control Pikmin, Jungle Beat and Mario Tennis are 20 each.
WMP and Classic Controller are 17.

[Angrist]

A friend brought the original (Cube) Pikmin 2 for me for €15. Yay.

[Dylflon]

BaB to Nintendo's rescue!

I hold firm that the Wii is nothing more than a machine designed to make it expensive for me to play Smash Bros.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Dylflon

BaB to Nintendo's rescue!

I hold firm that the Wii is nothing more than a machine designed to make it expensive for me to play Smash Bros.

One of these days, you and I... just you watch
Just you watch....

[Dylflon]

Originally Posted by BreakABone

One of these days, you and I... just you watch
Just you watch....

snuggles!