I would like to see what the thoughts of other members of the simExchange are on what the likeliness of a price cut for the Nintendo DS is for next year.
I believe that if Nintendo went ahead with a price cut to bring the DS down to to the price of $99.99 for the U.S., then the sales of the DS would pick up a great momentum next year that will carry the platform through the entire year and probably into part of 2009. If the DS is brought below the $100 sweet mark in the U.S. market and corresponding price drops come in the rest of the territories around the globe, then sales would experience quite the boost.
A price drop in 2008 for the DS is something that I believe is quite possible because of the last drop being quite sometime ago and the PSP price coming very close to the DS price. Also, Nintendo most likely can still make a nice profit on the DS even with a thirty dollar price drop. A Nintedo DS price drop down to $99.99 is one of the easiest and smartest moves that Nintendo can do for the platform for next year (other than release a Pikmin DS game - which I think would be totally awesome). I am going to go ahead and say that there is a better chance of a DS price drop next year than there is of not having one - I expect a DS price drop next year.
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I believe that if Nintendo went ahead with a price cut to bring the DS down to to the price of $99.99 for the U.S., then the sales of the DS would pick up a great momentum next year that will carry the platform through the entire year and probably into part of 2009. If the DS is brought below the $100 sweet mark in the U.S. market and corresponding price drops come in the rest of the territories around the globe, then sales would experience quite the boost.
A price drop in 2008 for the DS is something that I believe is quite possible because of the last drop being quite sometime ago and the PSP price coming very close to the DS price. Also, Nintendo most likely can still make a nice profit on the DS even with a thirty dollar price drop. A Nintedo DS price drop down to $99.99 is one of the easiest and smartest moves that Nintendo can do for the platform for next year (other than release a Pikmin DS game - which I think would be totally awesome). I am going to go ahead and say that there is a better chance of a DS price drop next year than there is of not having one - I expect a DS price drop next year.