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Nintendo Announces Japanese Wii Price
Wowzer writes "Nintendo has revealed to Famitsu.com, at the company's recent press conference unveiling its financial results, that Wii would arrive in Japanese stores with a maximum price tag of 25,000 yen. After taking in account various factors, the conversion to other currencies comes down to a launch price of: 225 dollars, 225 euros, and 150 pounds." Update: 05/25 13:45 GMT by Z : GamesIndustry.biz points out they hope to ship 6 million units by next March, and an Opera exec has said you can browse the internets with the wiimote.
Judging by the press for the Wii so far, it looks like they'll be doing both this round.
the press always goes gaga over a Nintendo console, everytime they unvail a new system or handheld they just woo over everything about it.
then it's released and they are bored with it and continually say "nintendo should leave the console market", E3 rolls around, Nintendo unvails a new system and their tune changes "This new system from nintendo is FANTASTIC! This is what they should or released last generation blah blah blah".
I'm getting a Wii before a PS3 (because of the damn price, honestly $600 is way to damn much) but I can already see the press changing when games stop showing up on the Wii and they will be singing their old tune of Nintendo should leave the console market, then a Nintendo made game will come out and bitch slap them into remember why they won't leave the console market.
Only 2-3x more powerful? That seems a little weak for being an upgrade to a system that is over 5 years old and considering Moore's law.