Why Are There No Nintendo Wii Bundles

Planning to buy a Nintendo Wii? Planning to save some cash and purchase a Nintendo Wii bundle which would include the unit and a packaged software title? The bundles for the Xbox 360 (with no less than Halo 3 and Fable 2 as bonus games) and the many bundles for the Sony Playstation 3 are surely very attractive, but you want a Nintendo Wii and you want a Nintendo Wii bundle.

Well, I’ve got some bad news for you.

Currently, there are no Nintendo Wii bundles.

Is this a marketing oversight – if not a total mistake – on the part of Nintendo? Bundles, after all, are proven to increase sales of consoles. This has been the case since the days of the Atari video game system.

So why hasn’t Nintendo prepared a Wii bundle?

The answer is quite simple: the original Nintendo Wii package is already a “bundle.” Indeed, when you purchase a Nintendo Wii, you will not only get the console and the required peripherals such as the Wiimote, the sensor, the power supply unit (PSU), and the appropriate cables, you will also get a bonus game which you can never purchase anywhere else. The game’s title is Wii Sports, and it is one of the best games you can ever play for the system to date.

For people who are looking for an extra remote, Nintendo has prepare a Wii bundle that includes the Wii Play box, a package that is composed of a Wiimote and the game Wii Play which is a collection of more than a dozen mini games utilizing the Wii’s motion sensing feature.

Still, many gamers are looking for a Wii bundle that will include the console plus a popular game that they can opt to buy separately. After all, bundles are quite common for the Nintendo DS, the Wii’s handheld cousin. A lot of gamers even desire Wii bundles because such can offer a Wii console in an exclusive color, such as pink, green, or even yellow… the same marketing ploy implemented for the Nintendo DS.

However, as we have mentioned earlier, there are no such Wii bundles to date.

Your best bet is to hope for the third party bundles prepared by retail establishments. Walmart, for example, has an offer for a “Wii bundle” which allows the buyer to purchase a Wii console, then choose any game he wants to take home with him, then choose among a selection of bonus games prepared by the store, and finally, choose a Wii accessory that he can also take home as part of the bundle. Not bad, right? All of these for the low price of $359, at least as of this writing.

Amazon has a similar offer for the Nintendo Wii bundled with the Wii Fit and its peripheral, the balance board. The price for this makeshift Wii bundle is $339.99 as of this writing.

These offers aren’t bad at all, considering that the Nintendo Wii carries an SRP of $249, currently.