Wii sales “have picked up nicely,” analyst says |
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| BY Rain Anderson Oct. 1st, 2009 | More on: |
In the few days following the Wii’s $50 price cut, the system has seen a healthy increase in sales, according to Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia.
“Not surprisingly, Wii Hardware sales have picked up nicely since the price cut,” he says. “Although it’s only been a couple of days since the $50 price cut on Wii went into effect on Sunday, September 27th, the early feedback suggests a nice pickup in sales. That said, we don’t anticipate Wii hardware sales picking up à la the PS3.”
At the same time, EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich expects the Wii’s sales to get a 40% boost in October.
So it may not be as major as the bump the PS3 got with its price cut, but Nintendo should be pleased nonetheless.
October 2nd, 2009
at 2:09 am
Well, it took it’s time coming. But I guess it had to happen. Personally, I’m not sure HOW the sales could start skyrocketing when their damn supply problem still keeps haunting them whenever sales start rising.
I still don’t have any reason to buy one, though.
October 2nd, 2009
at 2:36 am
Same here, still waiting for that REAL killer app. There are games I’d like to play but not enough to make me pick up the system, even if it is $199.
October 2nd, 2009
at 4:23 am
I think I might pick one up, I really wanna play Zelda, Mario, Little Kings Story and the Wii Motion Plus Tennis game - I played that at a mates and it was outrageously good.