Comments on: Wii Shaves $20 Off The Price

By: Charles Sharam

Charles Sharam — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:15:59 +0000

The only logical reason I can think of for the price drop is that they’ve been left with a surplus of Wiis which will rot away in a warehouse if they don’t start burning off the remainder of their stock before the Wii U rises to the forefront. One would imagine they’ve largely shut down production of the console at this point and I doubt it will live on like the PS2 did. It’s definitely puzzling why they didn’t drop it to the magic $99, though.

By: Ahmed Mosly

Ahmed Mosly — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:11:37 +0000

Agreed….especially since there’s no GameCube compatibility anymore. That’s like taking half the appeal of the Wii away.

By: Jarrod Nichol

Jarrod Nichol — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:38:28 +0000

Why not make it $99 though? Remember how many PS2s were sold when they lowered it to $99? I just don’t understand the logic of the $20 price drop.

By: Ahmed Mosly

Ahmed Mosly — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:16:27 +0000

I guess this drop is only for the people who can’t affrord the Wii U just yet and want their gaming fix. There’s always bound to be an audience out there, especially since the Wii has amassed a strong library of titles as of late. The fact that it’s not GameCube compatible is very crippling though. A ton of Wii and Wii VC games support the GameCube controller, which is argubly the best designed controller of all time.