Official Price

Teuthida · 05-25-2006, 01:15 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5014904.stm

Quote:

At a news conference in Osaka, Nintendo senior managing director Yoshihiro Mori said the Wii would sell for 25,000 yen ($220) or lower in Japan and $250 (£133) or lower in the US.

Dyne · 05-25-2006, 01:33 PM

Keep in mind, the unit could very well have two controllers like people are suggesting, so $250 at most is a deal.

MuGen · 05-25-2006, 01:55 PM

everyone knew their system would be hella cheap.

Professor S · 05-25-2006, 01:59 PM

Honestly thats not that cheap., especially when you compare hardware components. At $250 your looking at only $50 less for half the muscle of a 360. I was thinking they would be shooting for $199 or maybe even a little less. $250 would be a big mistake, IMO.

MuGen · 05-25-2006, 02:06 PM

well I was kinda thinking it was a cheap number in itself lol

but if I think about it harder, i'd have to say $250 for a controller is pretty expensive.. I mean you've got Wii games that look a "weeeeee-bit" better then the GameCube. The only real advance for nintendo this next generation is the controller and gameplay.

so yeah... $250 is a bit costly for a controller upgrade.

thatmariolover · 05-25-2006, 02:27 PM

I suspect $250 will be a premium model with an extra Wii-mote and nunchuck, possibly the "light"-gun add-on, the classic controller, and maybe a download of each game type on the virtual console. The way it's worded makes me think there will be a premium model at any rate.

But if not, I agree it's a bit steeper than I expected.