A Japanese financial prediction for Wii’s pricing suggests a $200 launch price. IGN writes: “Current exchange rates would put an equivalent US price at $170.00. However, console prices rarely convert according to exchange rates. At most, we can probable take this report to indicate an anticipated US price of under $200.” With so many predictions […]
A Japanese financial prediction for Wii’s pricing suggests a $200 launch price. IGN writes: “Current exchange rates would put an equivalent US price at $170.00. However, console prices rarely convert according to exchange rates. At most, we can probable take this report to indicate an anticipated US price of under $200.”
With so many predictions out there, I’ll be shocked whatever the final price is. With that, we bring to you this week’s poll:
Share your perspective. Keep it thoughtful, welcoming and on topic.
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I say it'll be $249.99. It just sounds like such a sweet price point.
I agree… $249.95 seems like a reasonable price for a game console with such features.$199.95 is just wishful thinking, really!
I'm going to go out on a limb and go with the bold $150.Why?Seeing that the DS lite went on sale for 16,800 yen (USD$140 ) and i nthe US at $129. If the Wii price is $170 US, then $149.99 USD might jsut happen.
$170 plus one $50 game gets us roughly to the $229 number from last week. Quite the coincidence.
I said $230 but I hope its less. I'll prolly be spending more on Wii launch games then the console.
morningstarrising, you mean to say that for you the value of a next-gen console should be roughly the same as that of a handeld?That's insane! Go for it!
$200 or lower is much more reasonable. $200 is consistent with previous Nintendo console launches. Also, I'm not counting on $250 because Microsoft can easily drop the 360 to $250.
250 is getting awfully close to 360 territory. The excuse Nintendo has used for not competing technology-wise (graphics, sound, etc) is cost. If they ship at $250, which I do think may happen now PS3 has been announced for twice that, it will make alot of people do a side-by-side comparison with the XBox. Sure the Wii is not to be sold on its graphics like the 360/PS3, but don't kid yourself many consumers wont be comparing the systems that way.But $199 breaks the $200 barrier and I reckon would put the Wii in an amazing position for tearing up the competition during Christmas.James
Going with Nintendo's new lifestyle, they want the unknown gamers(the non/old gamers) so you have to go to there levels.Nintendo didn't price Brain Age at Regular DS price(Like Sony or EA would hae done) nor did they go for the "reasonable" price of 29.99, they went to the "impluse" buy of 19.99.Yeah, 200-250 sounds reasonable….But this goes against what hgappen in the past and Blue Ocean. Nintendo want impulse.We all had the DS pin at $200. Nintendo went $150We all had the DS Lite pin at $150. Nintendo stuck with the old DS new price of $129.Now we have the Wii pin at $250.Something tells me Nintendo is going to shock us again. Like I said 150 is bold, but if not at launch, in 2007, Nintendo will go for the "impulse".And in all of this they will still make a profit quicker then both Sony and MS will(Don't be surprize is Brain Age:Wii shows up in 07).
Let's face it, Nintendo's real money maker is software.. and how do you sell a ton of software? Sell a ton of hardware first, and the easiest way to do that is to make it nice and cheap.Nintendo knows they can make the big bucks on the back of their software, so they can afford to make hardware cheap and very appealing to the non-gamer.Blue Ocean ftw
It better be $249 CDN cuz after high taxes itll be about $290 and used Xbox360s are $300 and im not willing to pay more than a 360