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Nintendo Australia Confirms No Wii Price Drop

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28th September 2009, 5:35pm
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Tough luck, folks. A representative of Nintendo Australia has responded to our enquiry about a price drop for the Wii with the following comment:

"Nintendo Australia advise that there are currently no plans to reduce the price of Wii in Australia. However we want to ensure that we provide continued great value oriented product to our consumers so we will be implementing a range of software bundles through to Christmas that will appeal to everyone."

This indicates that they'll be following the lead of their European counterparts and packing in games with the console rather than decreasing the system's price overall. Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros. seem like the only obvious choices, but Wii Sports Resort could get a guernsey too.

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by Nick Schaedel » Author's Blog

Reader Comments:
Predator
Posted by Predator 29/09/2009 1:15pm
It's still fairly cheap though.. would imagine a lot of people must already have them though
Julz
Posted by Julz 29/09/2009 3:38pm
It's still fairly cheap though.. would imagine a lot of people must already have them though


Considering you can get a 360 for less and a PS3 costs only $100 extra, I wouldn't exactly call the Wii "cheap".
nshady
Posted by nshady 29/09/2009 5:04pm
Yeah, the US price is like AUD$170 cheaper.
Master Chief
Posted by Master Chief 30/09/2009 9:39am
Should be a competitive christmas unlike last year which was just wii wii wii wii
G-Train
Posted by G-Train 30/09/2009 2:04pm
"Nintendo Australia advise that there are currently no plans to reduce the price of Wii in Australia.  However we want to ensure that we provide continued great value oriented product to our consumers so we will be implementing a range of software bundles through to Christmas that will appeal to everyone."

Translation: Aussies will continue to buy our product no matter what we charge, but hey - if you're still upset, please look through our list of ways you can give us more money.
Posted by admeister 02/10/2009 6:28pm
^ Pretty much. We're still being made to pay through the nose for the Wii, even though the price has been reduced everywhere else. It wasn't so bad at launch, but it's getting ridiculous.
Predator
Posted by Predator 02/10/2009 9:13pm
Anything under $500 is pretty affordable for most families.. and people are continuing to buy them (as a really cool dust ornament), so they probably see no need to lower their profits down here if they don't have to.