Nintendo President Vows Cheap Games

Chris Morris, over at CNN's Game Over column, had a chance to talk to Nintendo President Iwata last week about that company's goals for their next generation console. The message Morris came away with: $60 games are not in Nintendo's plans. From the article: "If we can come up with an addictive, but simple title - such as Tetris 15 years ago - my attention should be focused on containing costs ... So, I would make it available through the Virtual Console. I think the opportunity for ourselves will be much larger than software that costs $50-$60. ... Of course, there are a number of people waiting for a 'masterpiece' title. For those games, we'll utilized traditional distribution channels."

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Xbox360

[the computer guy nex]

"How is this any different than the XBOX 360? Games like Grand Theft Auto and Madden will still cost an arm and a leg, while lower budget games will be downloadable through the system. Again, how is this any different?"

It fundamentally isn't. The only real differences will be the $150/$200 price tag compared to the $300 for the actual console - and Nintendo may focus slightly more on their version of Xbox Live Arcade.

Translation.

[AzraelKans]

Translation to english: "Dont worry about the $50 tag our console will have 10-20 year old games at reasonable prices ($5), of course our NEW games will be $50-$60 also you will need to buy some extra controller to play the best of them (like zelda and the sword peripheral)"