Just one day after the reported first six-month loss in seven years by the maker of Pokemon, Satoru Iwata made his remarks about price cuts on the Wii and his plans for boosting sales before the holidays. While Sony has dropped the price of its PSPGo from the $250 price tag to $199 in the US, Nintendo is hoping to focus on a different way to catch consumers’ attention. When asked, Iwata had this comment to say:

“Of course, we cannot say it will never happen, but we are not thinking of it for the near future.”

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Several retailers, both in the US and abroad had marked the PSPGo down for the past several months, but today Sony has made it official. The PSPGo will now retail for $199.99 in the US, £159.99 in the UK, and ¥26,800 in Japan. (more…)

To be honest, I’d almost begun to think North America wasn’t going to see a DSi price drop. While other countries saw the price fall, ours had remained steady throughout the summer, with no indication that Nintendo would lower either the DSi or DSi XL MSRPs any time soon. However, today Nintendo made it official: the DSi will now retail for $149.99, and the DSi XL for $169.99: a $20 drop.

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It’s official. After weeks of rumors and leaked ads from various retailers, Nintendo announced today in an official press release that the new US price for the Wii will drop from $249.99 to $199.99, taking effect Sunday, September 27. The bundle will remain the same, and include the console, one remote, one nunchuck, and a copy of the original Wii Sports. Folks who want the new Wii MotionPlus and Wii Sports Resort will have to purchase those separately, but with the new low price, that means you can get the whole package for what the original Wii used to cost. Not too shabby.

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If you are one of the many people waiting for the PlayStation 3 to drop down to an acceptable price, now is your chance. Dell is having a limited time sale on the PS3 160GB system. After I bought a PC from Dell I always get these “Save on a new system!” e-mails. Those e-mails always get deleted as soon as I get them, but for some reason I decided to check this one out. I was shocked to see that they had a sale for the PS3. It was an even bigger shock to see that it was $100 off! That’s $100 off the PS3 160GB Uncharted bundle. Not the scaled-down 80GB version. The 160GB system usually sells for $499 but you can get it now for $399, the same price as the 80GB version.

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