Nintendo to raise price of Wii in UK

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• Surely they are making enough money from the console without having to bump up the price.
  
  I know each concole has a following but why would you spend £200 on a previous generation console when you can get an XBOX 360 for under £130? I know they attract different crowds but surely if you weigh up the pro's and con's of each console (with the current recession, price would be my biggest sway point) XBOX would come out way on top for most points.
  
  Risky business.... Posted by Cameron Judd, UK
• my thoughts exactly Cameron, when a mum walks into a retailer and see's the 3 main consoles on offer, the xbox 360 at (approx) £130, the wii at £200 and the ps3 at £300 which is going to choose?
  
  And they use the excuse that pound has weakened so therefore they need to increase the RRP - but surely a weak pound is better than no pound!? Posted by Matthew Collins, UK
• Don't stop at Mum. Basically anyone who's pound doesn’t stretch as far as it used to...
  
  I don’t think they realise that they are not the only ones hit by a recession....
  Posted by Cameron Judd, UK
• The likelihood of retailers paying Nintendo MORE for stock of the Wii, yet somehow selling it at the SAME price to customers is precisely zero. Nintendo says the price "of course is up to the retailers", as if retailers are left with any choice in the matter. Give me a break. Posted by K.A. Noone, UK