Wii Price - How low will it go?

Nintendo announced today they are slashing the price of the Wii to $199. Sales of the Wii this August compared to sales of the Wii in August of last year are down almost 40%. Does this really come as a surprise to people?

The Wii has been out since 2006. How many years is Nintendo going to promote a failing system? Perhaps until they re-think how a gaming system is supposed to function and come out with a new console.

Will this new price drop make hoards of new people buy the Wii? Not likely. As sales of other systems with blue-ray players, HD, and real graphics continue to soar, the Wii will probably end up being great for 12 year olds, 60 year olds in physical therapy, and novelty collectors.

Wii = rehabilitation

$10,000,000. The number of dollars sold by the Wii. Impressive yes, but what does it prove? People spending 10 million dollars on the Wii confirms that the general population is retarded… as if the last few elections didn’t show this already. People would rather buy a cheap 200$ POS system that doesn’t even support high definition, than spend a little more and get a quality system like the Playstation 3 or XBOX 360. 55% of all game system purchases were for the Wii, thus proving only 45% of the country is sane.