Gizmodo (the site who in the middle of the AppleGate* scandal) Australia has posted up an article this morning stating that the Wii in Australia/NZ will be receiving a AUD$100 price cut effective tomorrow. This will be the first official price cut that Nintendo Australia has announced and will bring the Wii down to AUD$300 (R2100).
The price cut hasn’t yet been announced world wide but as the sun rises across the planet on the 28th of April we could likely see each region sending out announcements of their impending price cuts as well.
I have emailed Core locally to see if South Africa will be on the receiving end of a price cut and will update this story when we get a response.
Could this be a clearing of stock before a major announcement at E3? I wouldn’t put it past them and an announcement at E3 would leave them a good 6 months to clear the remaining Wii’s before the Wii HD is released just in time for Christmas.
*Is anyone calling it AppleGate yet? You know it’s coming.
Last Updated: April 28, 2010
GoldenSilver
April 28, 2010 at 21:31
The DS got a price cut at BT today. It’s down to R1600. No news on the Wii yet. Who knows maybe tomorrow.
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Gavin Mannion
April 28, 2010 at 22:15
I received an update from Core and unfortunately we won’t be getting a price cut on the Wii locally. This was purely and Australian price cut.