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Pachter: Wii could receive bundles or price drop, DS price drop possible

July 30th, 2009 Posted in News, Posted by Valay, Wii

“We think that a rebound in Wii hardware sales is possible only with price cuts or a more attractive software bundle. At its current run rate, Nintendo is tracking to sales of only 12 – 15 million Wiis, compared to its reiterated guidance for sales of 26 million. An increase of this magnitude is possible only with a more attractive software bundle or a price cut. We think it is likely that Nintendo will experiment with alternative bundles, possibly including a Wii Sports Resort bundle or a Wii Motion Plus bundle in the next several weeks…We think that Nintendo’s reiteration of its Wii hardware guidance indicates its intention to cut price on the hardware prior to holiday. Should alternative bundles fail to sufficiently drive hardware sales, we think that the company is in a good position to drop the price of the Wii to below $200. In our view, a price cut on the core DS unit to $99.99 is possible, should Nintendo decide it is necessary to achieve its shipment forecast.” – Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter

According to Mr. Pachter, if Nintendo were to cut the price of the Wii to below $200, the company may decide to take the original Wii Sports out of the package.

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  1. 3 Responses to “Pachter: Wii could receive bundles or price drop, DS price drop possible”

  2. By real deal on Jul 30, 2009

    I’m seeing wii bundled with Ninjabread Man! Nintendo should stop licensing these type of games on their console.

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    By Valay on Jul 30, 2009

    If Ninjabread Man were to be bundled with the Wii, I think the collective gaming community would cry themselves to sleep.

  4. By Ponkotsu on Jul 31, 2009

    I don’t think I’d put any stock in Pachter’s words. The only thing he’s been consistent in this generation is the inaccuracy of his predictions. Though he also spent the first two years of the generation basically trying to predict this convenient point at which everyone would drop the Wii and the other two would suddenly explode. He doesn’t really seem to know what he’s talking about, and yet people still listen.

    As for shovelware, it’s safe to say we won’t be seeing that as a pack-in, considering that as the sales numbers have generally shown, the vast majority of it goes completely ignored. (Though there’s no shortage of trolls online desperate to insist that it’s what moves the system.)

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