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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.

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  1. Re:In real exchange rates by Tsen+Wrath · · Score: 0, Troll

    Dangerious remarks about the or I, for one, would have modded you as a troll, not Informative. But i work for a company that spends a lot of time dealing with Microsoft.