People want their Nintendo Wii Consoles now, and they want them cheap. But for all the ads I see proclaiming “Wii Blowout Sale” selling Wiis for $250, many of the reliable Amazon sources (the website I trust most) of Wii sellers are running higher than that right now.

So yeah, you can hedge your bets and wait till after Christmas to see if the price of Wii consoles goes back somewhere closer to the original sale price of around $250, but seeing as though Wii is one of the most popular game consoles selling out as soon as they’re in stock — don’t count on finding many at that cheap price…

ABC NEWS - NINTENDO RULES OUT WII PRICE CUT
ABC News - Oct 26, 2007
“…we’re absolutely not considering a price cut.” he said nintendo was ramping out 1.8 million wii consoles per month but that a supply crunch was inevitable …