Circular reveals purported Wii price drop to $199

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1. If it's true, it doesn't surprise me. Nintendo did a lot of chest-puffing about how they were going to resist the cycle of price drops like Apple does, but Apple releases new iterations of their products every year to keep the price up and the best Nintendo has managed to do is about every 2 years with the DS.

2. I think it's a good time. Nintendo can certainly afford it and still manage to keep making profit, plus with the other consoles getting massive price cuts (360 pro at 250 and ps3 at 300). At 200 bucks, nintendo once again has the best value-per-dollar console (given that u agree with me that at 250 an xbox WITH HD was the best choice at 250 and you should, no matter how much of a fanboy you are.)

3. I meant HDD, not high def.

4. I wonder how much profit per console Nintendo is making now?

   Loads considering it costs Nintendo about £2.50 to manufacture the wii.

   [joke]

5. $200 seems like a reasonable price drop, especially considering it comes with a game that is worth playing.

   Walmart has also reported the price drop, so this is probably across the board.

6. 199, are you out of your mind?!

7. I still say the Wii should have started out at $199.

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