What is up with the price of the Wii?

Jimbo Mahoney · 30 Nov 2007 at 14:09

When it launched, the Wii was speculated to be ~£150 and OK, everyone was disappointed when it debuted @ £179.

Who is responsible the now ludicrous prices? The retailers, or Nintendo?

dustiestrat · 30 Nov 2007 at 14:14

yeah i paid 210 for console with wii sports and monkeyball so is lil more than expected and i cant see how monkey bumps the price up that much .

wedgie · 30 Nov 2007 at 14:15

Jimbo Mahoney said:
Who is responsible the now ludicrous prices? The retailers, or Nintendo?

The retailers mark up the price.

And say bye bye to your thread.

Rob200sx · 30 Nov 2007 at 14:16

Just saw it was £328 on ocuk

Ross1234 · 30 Nov 2007 at 14:17

It is Nintendo's fault for not keeping up with demand. Retailers have to make a profit

wedgie · 30 Nov 2007 at 14:20

Come again?

tres · 30 Nov 2007 at 14:22

supply and demand

Ross1234 · 30 Nov 2007 at 14:23

trescodrucey said:
supply and demand

What he said

Delboy · 30 Nov 2007 at 14:23

Rob200sx said:
Just saw it was £328 on ocuk

I just managed to get one this morning for £239 with 3 games and the accesory pack from a well known catalog store. They are a bit like rocking horse **** though at the moment.

wedgie · 30 Nov 2007 at 14:28

Ross1234 said:
What he said

That's more like it. Seemed like you were saying retailers had no choice but to up prices.

scorza · 30 Nov 2007 at 14:46

Nintendo UK control the price in the UK, so they are to blame. I'll wager that Nintendo Corp. doesn't know that the UK is bringing great shame on the name Nintendo

KNiVES · 30 Nov 2007 at 14:49

Sold mine for 300 very recently, happy days! I'll buy another one next summer when the stream is steady and the price is good.

malachi · 30 Nov 2007 at 15:06

Good thing I brought my brothers Wii for Christmas 3 months ago as I could see that this was going to happen again for the 2nd year running. Looking at all these prices and what people are paying for them is madness. No matter if its Nintendo's, suppliers or retailers fault for all these high prices, there is one simple word to summarize it all........................Greed!!!

wedgie · 30 Nov 2007 at 15:09

scorza said:
Nintendo UK control the price in the UK, so they are to blame. I'll wager that Nintendo Corp. doesn't know that the UK is bringing great shame on the name Nintendo

Nintendo are responsible for the shortages. The retailers are responsible for the price increases.

Skalaberg · 30 Nov 2007 at 15:10

It is Greed driven by supply and demand.....also stupidity on the part of the consumer who complains about it then stumps up the cash anyway.

more fool them I say.

:rolleyes:

SC04 · 30 Nov 2007 at 15:11

Retailers make very little profit on the wii, as low as £10 IIRC. Before launch, UK retailers wanted their buy in price lower so they could make more profit, as for one example their rents are higher than other countries, but Nintendo let them make more on software and accessories.

Who is to blame? It would have been bad business for Nintendo to overproduce, but even they have been surprised by demand. The DS was also in short supply last year and the year before, pink totally ran out and was going for £150+ on auction.

scratch · 30 Nov 2007 at 15:12

Delboy said:
I just managed to get one this morning for £239 with 3 games and the accesory pack from a well known catalog store. They are a bit like rocking horse **** though at the moment.

Dammit! I saw these this morning and thought the retailer was taking the mickey with the price. Didn't notice it included 3 games!! Feel stupid now

jamief · 30 Nov 2007 at 15:17

The RRP is £179.

Anyone selling it above that price is ripping off consumers, IMO of course.

Admiral Huddy · 30 Nov 2007 at 15:17

Recommended Retail Price

All retail is greed... It's how any company makes a profit based on supply and demand as stated earlier.

If you want it, you'll pay for it and there's nothing like Christmas to get demand moving. It not just the consoles either. I saw this train set I wanted to buy my son for christmas a few years back.. It was £99. I went back a week later when he wasn't around and the same item in the same shop was £119.

Given the chance, we would all make a profit on such a misfortune if we had the oppertunity.

barnettgs · 30 Nov 2007 at 15:20

Ross1234 said:
It is Nintendo's fault for not keeping up with demand. Retailers have to make a profit

True but then, Nintendo have sold nearly 2 millions consoles (1,333,000 DS Lite and 640,000 Wii) in the space of 1 week last week!

Now, thats what I call demand! :cool: