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Nintendo's Iwata on the Wii Price Point

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wiiiiiiiiiiiiiii dept.

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.'"

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  1. 200 bucks it is then... by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Informative

    You may want to check our past records of price points when launching past hardware.

    Okay. 200 bucks it is then. I'm in.

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  2. Nintendo Pricing by Chrismith · · Score: 4, Informative
    "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."

    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.

  3. Re:Two hundred fifty bucks! by masklinn · · Score: 3, Informative

    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)

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  4. Re:Ok so basically by Guppy06 · · Score: 4, Informative

    "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.