Nintendo Wii Joins the Price Cut Parade!
First, it was Microsoft trying to woo us with their XBox 360 price drop. Then, the people over at Sony decided they would step-in to court us with their PS3 price slash. Now, Wii would like to play (why, yes, Wii fans, that is a nod to their award-winning advertising slogan! Nice catch!), and Nintendo has plans to win us over with their very own price cut. Don't we feel loved?
Nintendo Co Ltd. made the official announcement from Japan on Thursday, September 24th (Wednesday, the 23rd for those of us stateside) that the price of the Wii would drop $50, or 20%, to $199.99 this Sunday, the 27th, at 12 AM PST. Price cuts in Japan and Europe will follow on October 1st and 2nd, respectively, so it looks like the U.S. will be first to benefit. Since launching in 2006, Wii has not seen a single price cut until this one. The decision strategy came out of a want and need to kick-start demand for the gaming console, in light of similar cuts made by its rivals Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp.
The Japanese company also took this opportunity to announce two new release dates:
Wii Fit Plus on Sunday, October 4th
New Super Mario Bros. Wii on Sunday, Nov. 15th
(now available for pre-order by following the links)
Health-conscious America will definitely be excited for the Wii Fit Plus release, but the bigger star may be the New Super Mario Bros. Wii game. The music is quirky and catchy, the worlds are fresh and whimsical, and the graphics are so much better than we remember! You can catch sneak peeks of both coming attractions, below, and decide which game looks more exciting to you!
While we don't yet have access to the two solutions to boredom previewed above, we do have access to a few new recently-released Wii games like these, ranging anywhere from $36.99 to $70.93 (click the images for more info!):
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RKL said 9-28-2009 @7:34AM
Wow ! I wonder if something new might be coming out soon?
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roland said 9-28-2009 @8:53AM
sony was first to drop price then microsoft the nintendo
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victoria said 9-28-2009 @9:58AM
I WAS WAITING 4 THE PRICE TO GO DOWN
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JustMyThoughts said 9-28-2009 @10:50AM
199.00 was the original price of the Wii. It was what I paid for it the Christmas that it first came out in 2006. They raised the price when they figured out the demand was so high.
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Lovegames2 said 9-28-2009 @1:49PM
I first saw it for around $150.00. I meant to get it but never have. I wish more game systems had games for us Babyboomers. We still love to play the old games that used to be in video game arcades and do something else besides blow things up and kill people. Computers still have better grown up games.
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Sharon said 9-28-2009 @11:38AM
There was an article recently at the same time the announcement of xbox & PS3 dropped prices, that the price of a Wii would NEVER be lowered. So I bought on recently, now look. Goes to show you can't believe any one..
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suebee said 9-28-2009 @1:07PM
When they came out here they were $199 but I could never find one and gave up then bought the xbox 360.....they're gonna have to come down another $50 to even peak my interest
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nettie said 9-28-2009 @1:20PM
Just got wil last week. So I went back to Best Buy and they credited my account. It felt soooo good.
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