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Nintendo's Iwata on the Wii Price Point
kukyfrope writes "Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President, recently talked with GameDaily about the rumors surrounding the $249 Wii price point, his take of the PS3 price point and controller, and to reassure us that the GameBoy is far from dead! 'You may want to check our past records of price points when launching past hardware... I think you'll agree that we always come up with an affordable price point.'"
You may want to check our past records of price points when launching past hardware.
Okay. 200 bucks it is then. I'm in.
This guy's the limit!
Most of the interview is not about the price point. When he does talk about it, he only says that he can't talk about it.
In case anyone is out of the loop here, all of Nintendo's main consoles have retailed or US$199. You can draw your own conclusions from there.
Duh, every single Nintendo console was released at a $200 price point from the NES to the GameCube...
"The way we can tell it's C# instead of Haskell is because it's nine lines instead of two." -- wadler
Oh, and the current inflation-adjusted price is estimated at $294 for the SNES, $254 for the N64 and $225 for the GC (all from nominal release price points of $200)
"The way we can tell it's C# instead of Haskell is because it's nine lines instead of two." -- wadler
"Oh, and I'd be much more interrested by the potential price point of the games,"
$50, same as now.
The excuse for $60 games for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 is the higher resolution they display at. Since the Wii "only" does 480p, like the GameCube and the Xbox, the prices will be the same.
Exactly. Inflation be damned; the manufacturing of components that go into the game systems has gotten cheaper!
Oh yeah gameplay is alright but really does a Advance Wars Dual Strike deserve the same price point as an Oblivion?
At ebgames.com, Oblivion is selling for $49.99 PC and $59.99 Xbox 360. Advance Wars DS, on the other hand, is selling for $34.99 (which is where it started by the way). DS titles debut typically at either $29.99 or $34.99 while console titles debut typically at $49.99 (and $59.99, though that's 360 only until the PS3 comes along). In other words, all your DS talk is a bunch of hot air...
And since when does Nintendo have a reputation for being cheap? Just check out the hardware vs price cost of the new tiny GBA and a PSP. The PSP at the moment is only twice as expensive but surely it got two times the hardware inside?
The GBA Micro is $94.99 and the PSP is $199.99, so, yes, it's more than twice as expensive - well done! Of course, that PSP is all but worthless as a gaming machine until you spend at least $30-35 on a Memory Stick. Further, the GBA Micro is so tiny it's ridiculous (the PSP is a giant, bloated hog compared to the Micro) and you pay a $15 premium for that size over the GBA SP which has the same functionality at $79.99, an even BETTER value.
You shouldn't bring a Sony to a price fight...
THQ went on record stating that the development costs for a Wii game was 25-50% that of the other next gen consoles.
Absolutly... part of the reason the PS2 had such a "wide selection of games" is because it was on the market over a year before it's main competitors... The 360 got first launch advantage this time. Reguardless of how spectacular a launch Sony pulls out (which it doesn't look like it will be as most of their AAA titles are 07 releases) the 360 will have a much more established next-gen catalog to choose from.
If anything the only factor that will bring people to the PS3 is BRAND LOYALTY.
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