No Nintendo Wii or DS price cuts this year
With demand outstripping supply on the Wii -- particularly in the North American market -- it's really no shock that Nintendo doesn't need a price cut on its hardware to keep stockholders happy. Nintendo expects to make $5.14 billion in fiscal year '09, which analysts believe is the company being conservative.
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Black Wii with blue light would look amazing.
=p
And you deprive a poor kid of his or her new Wii.
Shame on you...
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Oh well...guess I gotta peel it off me ol' Wii...
Oh Markez - it's not.
DS OR Wii price cuts? Why not both?
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Uhhh duh...its not like its the ps3 or sony we're talking about here...with their overpriced pos and bad reputation....
Wheres the real news and/or juicy rumors...?
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It prints less money? : (
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I think even that the Lite's lowest brightness setting is the same as the fat's highest.
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Jesus F'in Christ... I want my Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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LET'S CRY TOGETHER!!!
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17 WII GAMES WITH M-RATINGS!!!
SAVE THE CHILDREN!!!
(Ooh! My 101st comment on Joystiq! :D)
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Supposed to reply to 'please'...
and it's actually my 102'd comment on Joystiq...>_<
Damn the reply system for removing replys when I go to http://www.ESRB.org and other websites!
It's madness!!! (...First one gets a prize! xD)
(Ohh! My 103rd comment on Joystiq! :P)
Yeah im still wondering why they didnt release em in other colours,black would have been awsome and N probably chosed to save that as"sale boost" for later.
But still.I can tell ya,i would have gotten a Wii way back if it was in black,even at launch lol.Just got it for SSBB later lol and because i found a black case to change it.
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With that in mind, I am wondering how they are leveraged as a company and where the most money is going. I would think they would be buying up devs or developing a new game once a week or building a giant golden mario statue to worship...something. Or maybe the stockholders have been getting 100% dividend returns.
Mayhaps I am overestimating the levels of their profits but with a console that is relatively cheap to produce (hence, profitable on its own) and profitable franchises that sell like hotcakes, and handhelds that are becoming globally ubiquitous, there has to be a lot of profit on the bottom line.
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