Goshdarned Nintendo!

[shr1k]

Apparently (Samurai India's claims notwithstanding..) the Nintendo Wii is available in Tata's Croma stores.

But goddamn! 22K is practically extortion! I know falling rupee and all but still! It's been TWO YEARS since the Wii launch, and the big N hasn't reduced prices even ONCE?! They STILL maintain this (what I believe to be) shady artificial shortage to hold the prices at that level I suppose..

The Xbox cheaper than a Wii...sigh..

EDIT: Prices of games :-O *faints* In this day and age when one can pick up Spore + Sims 2 for 1k...

 

[techie_007]

1. Check link. Its 23k :O or 22.9k to be precise But this is croma rate. Expect around 20k in the market perhaps? Still too much.

2. Look out for some serious dents on their hopes of any sales with that kind of pricing

EDIT: Seems market price is 20k (Split-Screen :: The Game-Geek’s Daily Read From Samurai to Ronin: The Tale of India?s Wii) They still need some serious cuts to compete with the xbox.

 

[spindoctor]

rs. 3400 for games... man these guys must be smoking the good sh*t..

 

[kris30]

grey market 17k or try getting one from usa

 

[sydras]

Japanese fellows always screw up when it comes to business in India. Be it high prices, poor after sales or even real/artificial shortage. IMO, they never really have a game plan or commit to their business here. They just leave it to the koreans or chinese to take over :bleh: .

 

[superczar]

Hail the gray market ..

The wii has been avalable in the gray markets for long now and at mucho better prices

 

[shr1k]

Japanese fellows always screw up when it comes to business in India. Be it high prices, poor after sales or even real/artificial shortage. IMO, they never really have a game plan or commit to their business here. They just leave it to the koreans or chinese to take over :bleh: .

Amen to that! Case in point: Toyota.

I thought I would get over this after sleeping over it for a bit, but damn, I'm still fuming about this price gouging!

 

[Blade_Runner]

The game prices are even more ridiculous ! With the novelty of the Wii-mote and other features wearing off and the prices of x360 falling there might be a slump in Wii sales imo. That might somehow force ninty to reduce prices.