Wii resale price plummets to sane level

by Chris Greenhough { Dec 22nd 2008 at 2:40PM }

Desperate parents pushed the Wii's average resale value to $469 during December 2007, but this year is a different, cheaper story. According to Video Game Price Charts, the system is now reselling on sites such as eBay and Amazon for an average of $250 -- otherwise known as the Wii's list price. Witness the effect of an increased Wii supply to North America, and also of people having no money!

Fortunately for heartless Wii scalper jerks, the site calculates that the average "gray market" price of Wii Fit is still comfortably above what you would pay at a store.

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[Via Gamasutra]

Tags: ebay, gray-market, resale

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Nigeria @ Dec 22nd 2008 3:18PM

This happened in England during the summer; my friend tried to sell his Wii, with a couple games, and he made a loss. I guess supplies are finally reaching demand over in America.

Mazrael @ Dec 22nd 2008 3:39PM

Or people have finally discovered the disapointment of the Wii..
Got mine at UK launch, lucky if it got 2 months use, had about 8 games for it total, compared to (this year alone) 30 on my 360, 4 on PSP, 2 on DS, 0 for anything else

Ghaleon @ Dec 22nd 2008 3:50PM

And amazingly people still sell things to GameSlop. A girl at work sold hers there when she got married this year and got less than $180 for system, extra controller + chuck, and 2 or 3 games.

dangcucu @ Dec 22nd 2008 4:13PM

my wife got me a Wii *(opened b4 xmas as my xbox RRoD; getting back this week). regardless i got Mario Galaxy, MarioKart & Smash Bros... i think it's PURE fun for as 2nd gaming system. wouldn't sell it ever. on the other hand i'm thinking of selling my xbox & finding the Jasper as warranty is almost out.