Wii Price Drop

Are in the market of a Wii, a second Wii, or a replacement Wii? Well have a I got some good news for you. Nintendo is releasing a new Wii bundle as an attempt to make one final push on Wii sales before the Wii U ships. This new all bundle will be replacing the current system that comes with New Super Mario Bros. Wii. This system will include a black Wii, black Wii Remote Plus and matching Nunchuck controller, and both Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort on one disc (both fancy and convenient).  The best part of this, the new system is going to retail at $129.99.  While stores are already getting the new console you can expect it to be widely availble by 10/28/2012 (Nintendo has a thing for Sundays it would seem).

PS3 - Now Cheaper

Today Sony announced that the PlayStation 3 has been reduced in price to $249.99 (they also had similar price drops in Europe and Japan).  They did this seemingly out of the blue at Gamescom today. There were no lines like, "price drop in 2 weeks" or "we are going to drop the price but we are not saying to what".  The announcement came and was made effective today.  Is this the same Sony that could not keep the PSPGo a secret over a year ago?  But what does this mean to the poor sap that recently purchased a PlayStation 3?  That means if you want to save $50.00 you can return your recently purchased PlayStation 3 and get a new one at the new price.  But you will lose all your game saves you may have, and those can be more precious then life itself!

Thanks Amazon, cause that $0.99 was a real deal breaker for me.

Portal 2 - Price Drop

Image courtesy of Steam screenshotsIf you are in the same boat Proteus and I find ourselves in concerning Portal 2, as in you don't own one of the best games of the year yet, then we're all in luck.  Portal 2 has recently seen a price drop of $20 bucks making the game now $29.99 through Steam.  We meant to do the whole pre-order thing but kinda forgot and same thing happened during Steam's Summer Sale when it was nearly 50% off, but now we can make up for it any time with this recent price drop.  We're having to be gamers on a budget here with that whole pesky home ownership stuff, but it's a worthy trade off.  For your convenience here's a handy link to Portal 2 on Steam if you are interested in purchasing it. 

Huge Nintendo 3DS Price Cut

Now you can own one for the low price of $169 starting Aug. 12If you're like me and have already purchased a 3DS, you're a little disappointed that this happened so soon, only six months after launch.  It wouldn't feel so bad if the 3DS was reduced by $20 or so, but in reality the 3DS is being dropped from $249 all the way to $169, can you say a 32% price cut!?!  The effective date for the price cut is right around the corner, August 12, 2011.  Current owners, all is not lost.  Nintendo realizes this is a real bummer for people who already dropped $249 so as a "thank you" Nintendo is giving owners 20 free download-able games, hey at least it's better than nothing.  You can read about the price cut and the free download-able games in detail here.  Also, here is the official 20 free game announcement by Nintendo.

So if you were on the fence about picking up a 3DS, you shouldn't be come August 12, 2011.