Thu, Mar 14, 2013 | 11:18 GMT
Wii U: Amazon drop-kicks £50 off the asking price
Amazon has slashed the price of its Wii U basic and premium bundles by £50, joining a string of retailers attempting to shift more units of Nintendo’s rig.
CVG reports that Amazon has acted the discounts now, and sure enough the 8GB basic package is going for £199.99, while the 32GB premium bundle is going for £249.00.
The discounts follow the lead of ASDA and Shopto, which also dropped Wii U prices by £50. Check out our report on the matter here.
Although prices are being reduced, this is not an official price-cut. Nintendo has staid deathly quiet on the matter of a UK drop, despite Wii U software failing to dent the British top 40 charts.
What’s your take? Is Nintendo in trouble?
10 comments
#1
Andytizer
14/03/13, 11:29 am
Whilst a price drop is welcome, £250 is what I paid for it for 32GB premium at Christmas from Zavvi (which is also eligible for Quidco commission).
#2
G1GAHURTZ
14/03/13, 11:32 am
If it’s not an official price cut, then that’s got to be the entire profit margin they’re cutting off the price, right?
#3
Dragon246
14/03/13, 11:42 am
@Ghz,
I doubt that. It may well be that Ninty is testing waters regarding price cut. Companies do that.
#4
Samoan Spider
14/03/13, 11:45 am
Nah, no Ninty trouble to see here. They do need an official price drop though. I’d imagine they got lucky with some exchange rate shenanigans to get this margin available to them. Certainly in the UK I don’t think people see a compelling reason to purchase yet. Find that mainstream killer must-have software and it will sell. Or back to point 1, drop the price officially.
#5
Fin
14/03/13, 12:27 pm
An unofficial price cut usually means a retailer is trying to shift stock.
#6
Imperius
14/03/13, 2:27 pm
They should pay people £50 just to take it off their shelves. I hope this is their last hardware attempt. I like their games hate their hardware.
#7
aseddon130
14/03/13, 3:12 pm
oh yeah, the Wii U, that thing exists….
#8
spoffle
14/03/13, 3:16 pm
Wii Us are being referred to as “rigs” now? :/
#9
DeyDoDoughDontDeyDough
14/03/13, 4:18 pm
Knock another £200 off and I am so there!
To those further up the thread: this is on Amazon, nothing to do with Nintendo (otherwise it’d be all UK retailers) and yes, it means they are attempting to diminish stock, likely at cost, because literally no one is buying it.
#10
ps3fanboy
14/03/13, 5:29 pm
the first sign of the nintendo fall…