Wii price confirmed

by **Buliwyf** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:50 am

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/top/wii-price-confirmed-at-250-or-less-176231.php

by **Darknut** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:03 am

What is the price? I can't follow the link because of the super strict policies at work.

by **PraiseA||ah** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:06 am

$250.00

by **Bromsin** » Thu May 25, 2006 12:25 pm

Considerably lower than the base X360 system..

by **Davis** » Thu May 25, 2006 2:01 pm

Suprise suprise.

250 or less, we... uh... already knew that already.

by **Samurai512** » Thu May 25, 2006 2:38 pm

WOW! that's cool that it cost 250 i plan on buying it.

by **Padre** » Thu May 25, 2006 2:44 pm

Nintendo has just confirmed that the Wii will sell for no more than $250 in North America and 25,000 yen in Japan. The company plans to ship 6 milllion systems to retailers around the world between its launch and March 31, 2007. Nintendo went on to say they expect to sell 17 million Wii games in the same period. Still no word on the exact date, though October is becoming a strong possibility.

What the hell Nintendo, when did you hire Bob Barker to head up your PR team? Hit the jump for the full, but short press release. ~ Brian Crecente

REDMOND, Wash., May 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Following its overwhelming debut at E3 2006, Nintendo today announced the current fiscal year unit shipment forecast for its new home game system, Wii(TM). Nintendo also confirmed that the price of the Wii system, which incorporates unique freehand control, will not exceed $250 in America, or 25,000 yen in Japan. The company plans to ship 6 million systems to retailers around the world between its launch in the fourth quarter of 2006 and the end of its fiscal year on March 31, 2007.

The projections are part of a full-year financial forecast that sees growth of 18 percent in sales globally, based on anticipated continuing strong demand for the Nintendo DS(TM) portable game system, as well as a successful launch for Wii.

The company also said it expects to sell 17 million Wii games in the period. Exact launch dates, identification of the launch library of titles and details on the unique Virtual Console aspect of Wii will be announced soon.

SOURCE Nintendo

by **Sabres** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:24 pm

Not a bad price. Now to see how it performs...

by **Darknut** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:49 pm

Originally posted by Sabres
Not a bad price. Now to see how it performs...

The Wii is basically the GameCube times two in terms of power. However Nintendo is trying to cater to a different audience than Sony and Microsoft are. They want more simplistic games that are more intuitive with an easy to use interface. Whereas Sony and Microsoft are looking for more complex games that are "ground breaking".

by **Buliwyf** » Fri May 26, 2006 10:33 am

Many inovative games will be coming out

by **Sabres** » Fri May 26, 2006 2:48 pm

Originally posted by Darknut
The Wii is basically the GameCube times two in terms of power. However Nintendo is trying to cater to a different audience than Sony and Microsoft are. They want more simplistic games that are more intuitive with an easy to use interface. Whereas Sony and Microsoft are looking for more complex games that are "ground breaking".

sounds good

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