Tech Beever Rant: Exploding Wii's (Doctors say price cut is to blame)

According to EA CEO John Riccitiell feels a price cut would give the console a significant boost. After a drop in sales during 2010, the CEO quoted

"I would say they did exceptionally well in '07 and '08, started tapering in '09 and '10, and... I think if they were to price down to $99 (£63.92 to us Brits), they would explode," 

Explode? Really? Because that seems a very big claim to make. Is he suggesting that if you purchase a Wii after the suggested price cut, the console would explode? 

I'm no sales expert, but I'd say exploding consoles aren't the way to go.

Obviously, he is infact talking about sales. But that's far from the truth. Sure, the price cut is great value, but the fact is, the Wii's motion controlled gaming are now miles behind that of Kinect and Playstation Move. The Wii may have more games as of present, but 2011 will see developers pouring their souls into the Xbox and PS3's new, far superior Motion Controlled gaming. They're both in HD, and whereas Move is, in all fairness; a better Wii, Kinect is leaps and bounds ahead in terms of inovation, an developers are going to want to get a piece of that action.

The Wii, rest it's soul, is dying. But look at it this way; Nintendo were facing a hard time. After the commercial failure of the N64 then the Gamecube, they were heading the same way as Sega (R.I.P). Considering the Wii is just a fancy, souped up Gamecube, Nintendo have done tremendously well with the Wii, and no doubt it's successor will double Nintendo's earnings of the Wii.

But then again, if it has a price cut...BOOM!!

The Beever has spoken.