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Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 3:57PM Slaziman said

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Oh yeah and before someone comes here to tell me Nintendo is a business and that keeping the price high is in their best interest:

I don't give a fuck.
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Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 5:53PM Mr Khan said

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Nowhere near that. Especially with the bad Yen-Dollar exchange rate. Indeed, there is some speculation that Nintendo might move back to break-even levels with this cut alone.

Also the fact that none of the parts in the Wii really have that much room to go down in cost, since the three more expensive components are used only in the Wii (CPU & GPU, for the case of being too outdated for any other use, and the disc drive, because of the peculiarities of GC backwards compatibility), the only cost they really could have brought down were actual manufacturing costs.
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Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 7:34PM Slaziman said

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I thought the Wii had new but weak technology, not outdated technology. What was the point of even having crap hardware if it's not even saving them manufacturing money?
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Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 3:59PM (Unverified) said

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I can confirm that this is a legitimate posting to Best Buy's Employee Toolkit (ETK). The price drop will also take effect in POS (the registers) on Sunday as well.

I don't know why they ask BBY employees to keep things quiet when they're posted in ETK for all to see, it's just a given that 100 people are going to leak it.

Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 4:02PM (Unverified) said

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Dear Joystiq,

Please, i get really annoyed when people tag these as 'Rumours' with all the stuff thats leaked its pretty much confirmed.

Dont y'know everything on the internet is the truth? thats why its serious business, check wikipedia if you dont beleive me.

Yours sincerely a 6ft 5 guy with huge muscles, a large penis and a different girlfreind for each day of the week

Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 5:43PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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they do that to cover their own ass....lol
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Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 4:23PM Fullmetal Salchemist said

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Hopefully this price drop leads to another Christmas time shortage. I'll be able to put mine up on eBay without losing too much money.

Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 4:40PM (Unverified) said

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''Please keep this quiet'' - PR failed.

Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 4:54PM The Pie Pieper said

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Still on the fence about this one, maybe 1 more leak or ad my do it for me.

Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 4:57PM hami83 said

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This is what happens when you put important secret information in the hands of someone you paying minimum wage.

Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 5:45PM blahblah55 said

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Remember kids... just ask the bus.

Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 6:10PM sokennysaid said

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it's 100% true, I've seen the Target memo as well, incoming price drop.

Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 6:28PM LunarAura said

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C'mon lets all be honest here did you or anyone you know actually say "Oh I want a Wii but it's too expensive."? Not many, I reck'n.

Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 7:03PM jceggbert5 said

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W@@T, I LIVE IN "KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI" !!!!!

Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 8:51PM (Unverified) said

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If Nintendo doesn't do this, it will be an epic FAIL for them.

Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 9:52PM RobAccomando said

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Doesn't everyone already own a Wii already?

"The costumer will be receptive to solutions"??


Isn't buying a Wii a "solution" to "Not having a Wii"?

Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 11:47PM (Unverified) said

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The term "solution" is pure Best Buy speak. The "complete solution" is basically the item of interest along with a bundle of accessories that the customer may or may not need just for the sake of pushing up margin dollar earnings.

So, in the Wii's case, we're talking the Wii, three more Wiimotes, three nunchucks, at least two or three games, and virtually every other ridiculous add-on that's out for that hunk of white plastic.
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Posted: Sep 24th 2009 2:32AM (Unverified) said

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First I am glad that some of you managed to get my sarcastic remark from earlier. I've seen enough emails from bosses acting like they know everything yet half of the message is misspelled or poorly written.

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