[jerryq7777]

Will the price of the UK Wii drop 20% to £144 ?

BBC NEWS | Technology | Nintendo drops Wii console price

[tigermad]

Originally Posted by jerryq7777

Will the price of the UK Wii drop 20% to £144 ?

BBC NEWS | Technology | Nintendo drops Wii console price

They've confirmed we ain't getting any cut. It will be £122 elsewhere!

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Bus...nd_US_Benefits

[BOFH_UK]

Nope, but we do get a new basic package that includes console, wiimote, nunchuck, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and Motion Plus for the same price as the current pack which might actually work out a better deal overall. Oh, and do bear in mind the US price does not include sales tax so you'd need to put an extra £18.75 on that to get price parity.

[Moogle]

Originally Posted by BOFH_UK

Nope, but we do get a new basic package that includes console, wiimote, nunchuck, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and Motion Plus for the same price as the current pack which might actually work out a better deal overall. Oh, and do bear in mind the US price does not include sales tax so you'd need to put an extra £18.75 on that to get price parity.

I'm not sure where you got £18.75 from. US sales tax varies from state to state and can be anywhere from 0% up to around 8.5%. Even at the higher level you're looking at an additional $17 which is the equivalent of approximately £10.65. In effect at 8.5 sales tax the price in the US at $217 is equal to about £136.

[BOFH_UK]

Originally Posted by Moogle

I'm not sure where you got £18.75 from. US sales tax varies from state to state and can be anywhere from 0% up to around 8.5%. Even at the higher level you're looking at an additional $17 which is the equivalent of approximately £10.65. In effect at 8.5 sales tax the price in the US at $217 is equal to about £136.

Uh, becuase you can't compare the US price to the UK price at different tax points because that's just something that's part of the government costs in each country and nothing to do with the products or companies involved? If you want to do it the other way round take the tax off the UK price to compare pre-tax costs but I just find it easier to compare pre-tax price in the US + 15% with the UK price.