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.

Comments

Congrats Nintendo

[Anonymous Coward]

So they can sell a refurbished GC and peripheral that enables you to play this awesome game at $250, excellent.

Zonk again

[mkiwi]

In the summary:

browse the internets with the wiimote.

Now I'm not usually a grammar Nazi, but it's "I"nternet and there is only one of them. Zonk, please make sure your updates are coherent.

Xbox is still better deal

[insanechemist]

I supopose if you need to play the next version of Mario whatever this is something to look forward to, but I kinda figued this crowd is more interested in Halo.

Re:In real exchange rates

[Tsen Wrath]

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.