I'm looking forward to the impending release of the Nintendo Wii (11/19/2006), but I was thinking about waiting until the first price drop before I bought it. The $250 launch price might be cheap compared to the Xbox360 and PS3 prices, but it's still pretty expensive to me. I looked up the price changes for the Gamecube to get an idea of when the price might drop:
| Date |
Reason |
Package |
Price |
| 11/18/2001 |
Launch price |
Console, 1 Controller |
$199.99 |
| 05/21/2002 |
Undercut Xbox & PS2 |
Console, 1 Controller |
$149.95 |
| 09/25/2003 |
Increase sales |
Console, 1 Controller |
$99.99 |
(From my own research, and verified by Wikipedia.)
Unfortunately, it looks like the reason for the price drop only six months after release was to undercut the Xbox and PS2. I don't really see either of the next-gen (or is it this-gen?) systems dropping to $250 anytime soon. I guess I'll wait until I actually play one (thanks for offering, Bart) before I decide...
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