I det senaste avsnittet av 1UP:s 4 Guys Podcast sade Constantine Hantzopoulos, studio director hos SEGA, att han tror att Nintendo skulle kunna sänka priset på Nintendo Wii till 80 dollar – motsvarande strax under 600 kronor – och fortfarande tjäna pengar på konsolförsäljningen.
“The interesting thing is Nintendo, they make money off of every console they sell. I think one of the big things that we found out is it really is a mass market product where mom or whoever goes out, the 80% of the people out there who go out and buy a Wii box are happy with Wii Sports and they don’t really need another game. Or if they do need another game, they’ll buy Wii Resort because it comes with a free Wiimote or Wii Play. So, honestly, I don’t know…
You can obviously see that profits are down for Nintendo. I think the Wii is on its tail slide, unless they drop the price to like 80 bucks then you’ll start seeing it flying off the shelves. And I believe they’ll still make money if they drop it to 80 bucks. Point being is that they have the ability to lower the price on the Wii [...] where Sony and Microsoft cannot do that.”
Som vi rapporterade igår sade Constantine Hantzopoulos också att SEGA troligtvis inte kommer att släppa några fler Nintendo Wii-spel inriktade mot hardcorespelare. Det på grund av deras tidigare satsningar, som The Conduit och MadWorld, inte har gett de resultat SEGA har hoppats på.






