Nintendo: Wii to rise up to £20 for UK trade [Update]
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Update: Nintendo's just made a further statement on this, saying it hopes consumers "understand" the hike is due to reasons outside of the company's control.
Thanks to the depreciation of the pound, Nintendo's said it's to raise the price it charges the UK trade for Wii hardware by £18-20.
The machine has a recommended retail price of £180.
"We are only – reluctantly – raising our trade price now to retailers due to unprecedented and sustained depreciation of the pound," Nintendo told VG247 in a statement today.
"This is a problem brought about by extreme currency fluctuations that are a symptom of the global economic situation."
This should be funny.