Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | 15:11 GMT
Nintendo: Wii to rise up to £20 for UK trade [Update]
Update: Nintendo’s just made a further statement on this, saying it hopes consumers “understand” the hike is due to reasons outside of the company’s control.
Thanks to the depreciation of the pound, Nintendo’s said it’s to raise the price it charges the UK trade for Wii hardware by £18-20.
The machine has a recommended retail price of £180.
“We are only – reluctantly – raising our trade price now to retailers due to unprecedented and sustained depreciation of the pound,” Nintendo told VG247 in a statement today.
“This is a problem brought about by extreme currency fluctuations that are a symptom of the global economic situation.”
This should be funny.
20 comments
#1
Blerk
11/03/09, 2:33 pm
Oh dear!
#2
Eregol
11/03/09, 2:41 pm
Strange that someone is announcing a price rise rather than a cut.
Has the world gone mad?
#3
Bagpuss-RoXx
11/03/09, 2:44 pm
Yet another reason to add to my LONG list of :
Reasons why i DESPISE Nintendo.
#4
Psychotext
11/03/09, 2:46 pm
laaaaawwwwllllll
#5
No_PUDding
11/03/09, 2:48 pm
Eregol, has this generation taught you nothing?
Expect the fucking weirdest shit you can, and it’ll happen.
At least inadvertantly the PS3 has got a price drop, right?
#6
Syrok
11/03/09, 2:48 pm
It’s reverse psychology!
#7
G1GAHURTZ
11/03/09, 2:51 pm
I wonder if MS and Sony will follow suit…
#8
No_PUDding
11/03/09, 2:51 pm
No it’s fucking not…. There’s nothing as logical as psychology involved.
#9
Whizzo
11/03/09, 2:52 pm
So the Wii will be more expensive than the 360 Elite if this is passed through to consumers, blimey!
#10
No_PUDding
11/03/09, 2:52 pm
You’d have thoguht Nintendo could afford that, wouldn’t you?
#11
Psychotext
11/03/09, 2:57 pm
Nintendo doesn’t give a shit. Sony on the other hand are probably pulling out all the stops to make sure they don’t have to do the same.
#12
Syrok
11/03/09, 2:57 pm
@Pud: Yes there is. Expensive is good. Who would want to buy a cheap console like the 360 now, which is also supposed to break a lot.
#13
No_PUDding
11/03/09, 2:59 pm
Maybe I am fuckign screwed up, but for some insane reason I think I’d prefer a 360 over an infinitely more expensive and shit Wii.
And you know what, I think any insane person would agree.
#14
deftangel
11/03/09, 3:01 pm
Nintendo likes money, a lot. They’ve been rinsing people for the Wii since it’s been out. I dread to think how much pure profit they make on each unit sold.
#15
No_PUDding
11/03/09, 3:04 pm
I heard £6, which is a lot.
#16
Blerk
11/03/09, 3:10 pm
Nintendo’s trade prices are higher than everyone else’s too, so retailers already make far less profit on Nintendo kit than on (say) Xbox kit.
#17
Patrick Garratt
11/03/09, 3:10 pm
See top of site.
#18
Shatner
11/03/09, 3:34 pm
makingevenmoreprofitonhardwarethanbeforelol
#19
Hunam
11/03/09, 3:56 pm
A price rise?
I think they are doing it wrong!
#20
Psychotext
11/03/09, 4:03 pm
Ivory backscratchers all round!