Nintendo is slashing the price of its Wii game console in Japan and the US - but it looks like British gamers will miss out.
Wii is the world's best-selling games console
It is the first time the Japanese electronics giant has cut the price of the console.
The company said it was reducing the price on the Japanese market to £134 on October 1.
And in the US the the console's price will be lowered by 50 dollars to £122.
Reports suggest the price cut will not happen in the UK.
The move is an attempt to kick-start sales ahead of Christmas and follows similar moves by rivals Sony and Microsoft.
Sony said in August it would cut the price in Japan for its popular PlayStation 3.
Microsoft said last month it was cutting the Japanese price for its Xbox 360 game console by 25%.
The Wii, whose game control senses motions without having to rely solely on buttons and levers, is the top selling console worldwide.
Launched in 2006, it hit 50 million unit sales worldwide in March 2009 - the fastest sales pace of any video game machine ever.
But sales have declined for all games manufacturers over the last year amid the global recession.
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