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Nintendo Wii price plummets below £100

RRP cut, retailers slash it further

By Caleb Cox

Posted in Games, 20th May 2011 13:53 GMT

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The price of the Nintendo Wii plunged today, with some retailers pushing the price of a bundle under the £100 mark.

With Nintendo's next console sure to hit shelves in 2012 [1], the price-cut was inevitable. It was reported earlier this month that from 20 May, new bundles would be available [2] and £50 would be slashed from the current Wii Sports Resort pack, lowering it to £129.

However, retailers today pushed that figure even lower, with Game [3], Gamestation [4] and Amazon [5], all offering the bundle for £99.99. The new Mario Kart bundle is also up for grabs at the same price.

Elsewhere, Tesco [6] lists the bundles at £109, HMV has them up for £115, while Play.com [7] and ShopTo [8] are more conservatively priced closer to £120.

It appears the time has come for Nintendo's "legacy console" to take a bow [9], so focus can fully switch to the Wii 2. An official announcement on that, though, is expected at next week's E3. ®