Nintendo Drops Wii Price to $130 in the U.S. - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 15 October 2012 / 6,168 Views
A month before the release of the Wii U, Nintendo has announced a price cut for the Wii in the U.S. along with a new bundle. The Wii is dropping from $149.99 to $129.99. The bundle is arriving in stores today and will be broadly available by October 28. It includes a black Wii console, Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort.
There is no word on whether the price cut will hit other regions outside of the U.S.
This is the first price cut since May 15 of last year in which the console dropped to $149.99 from $199.99. The consoles launched in 2006 at a price of $249.99. The console's successor, the Wii U, is launching November 18 in the US at a price of $300 and $350.
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Lets hope this gives it a little boost to reach that 100m mark before this year ends.
It's kinda weird thinking by reggie that this version of their console will continue to sell when the WiiU ships out, especially when you consider that the WiiU plays all wii games and this current version of the Wii has no ability to play GC games, I guess just if you were short cash for christmas you might get it.
May give it a chance to top 100M if not 99.5M
I love these price wars! Sony? Will you respond?
This cheaper Wii should do well while the world transitions into the Wii U.
Weird. If anything, I'd have predicted a $100 bundle with just one game.
Interesting, the Wii sports/Resort-Bundle was already on the european market. I thought that would be available in the US too. If it is similar to the one here in Europe, it has no backward-compatibility for the Gamecube.
I was hoping for a slightly bigger price cut. But if it stimulates sales it can only be a good thing.
