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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.
It seems unlikely that Nintendo would go below $250 in the US. That price point is already well below the PS3 and Xbox 360, and I can't see that they would get any more customers. It's much more likely that Nintendo will bundle a game, and if they're smart, it will be a good one.
In Soviet America the banks rob you!
Oh well, maybe Nintendo will call bullshit on the bullshit pricing schemes just as they did on the gfx?
Whenever I see a product priced $99.99, I think $70 value, $20 profit margin plus $9.99 idiot price penalty. If I see $100 or even $93.62, I'm more likely to buy.
Anagram("United States of America") == "Dine out, taste a Mac, fries"
Not bad, considering that last time I had to pay to take a wii it was only a dime at the greyhound station.
... what did you expect, something profound?
I really need a Wii and with this one I am not Flushing it down
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though