Thursday, August 6, 2009

Pingie: HTTP:: Wii Price Cut Won 039 t Happen Anytime Soon Iwata Says

HTTP:: Wii Price Cut Won 039 t Happen Anytime Soon Iwata Says
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During recent months, things haven't been so rosy for video game companies, starting with small developers, who keep their high-end titles for the end of the year, and ending with console manufacturers, which have recorded losses across the board, with a few exceptions here and there. This is evident with the sales juggernaut that was the Wii, as the Nintendo console has seen some pretty steep drops in sales as opposed to 2008 for example. But don't think that these small numbers have made the possibility of a price cut that much more attractive for the Japanese company as its president, Satoru Iwata, was asked during a recent conference whether or not he was thinking about cutting the price on the small white console and his answer was not a positive one. “It's not the case of the quality of hardware moved, the feeling of missing strong competitive power, lacking its luster or poor sales,” Iwata responded. “Consistently, big time titles will be released in the mark!
etplace for this hardware. When that stops, to reinvigorate the console, or to put it another way, I think the current decline in hardware sales is due to the fact that there aren't many big titles (at the moment).” Further pressed, Iwata said that his company had other things to think about than c...
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