Topic: From Seattle Post-Intelligencer: $250 on Nov. 19

[Jin-X]

Can somebody convert 500 yen, 800 yen and 1000 yen? Cause that's what Joystiq says Nes, Snes and N64 games will cost respectively in Japan.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

SURE it can be worth $250.  Not all the research went into the box, there's a FANCY CONTROLLER, remember?

GameCube was $200, and it came with jack squat other than the ability to play a gamecube game.

[joedick]

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I never thought it would come out in October but I sure as heck didn't think it would come out on 19th where it will be overshadowed by PS3 and for 250$ too.

Honestly it doesn't really matter which comes out first. There will be so few PS3s out there that the Wii will sell more regardless. It could come out in December and easily sell more.

[decoyman]

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Originally posted by: jasonditz
Seattle PI just pulled it.

Either they leaked something they weren't supposed to or the author was full of crap.

A glimmer of hope...

I think the difference between $199 and $249 is huge. It's huge for me, at least, and I'd consider myself a "hardcore" gamer. At $199, it's a no-brainer, and creeps into the impulse buy range. $250 seems like substantially more, hopping out of the impulse buy range. It might be a mind game, but it's a mind game that works.

IF they include two controllers in addition to Wii Sports, then maybe it could still be considered "casual gamer tempter" territory...  

[GoldenPhoenix]

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Originally posted by: joedick

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I never thought it would come out in October but I sure as heck didn't think it would come out on 19th where it will be overshadowed by PS3 and for 250$ too.

Honestly it doesn't really matter which comes out first. There will be so few PS3s out there that the Wii will sell more regardless. It could come out in December and easily sell more.

There may be a shortage of PS3s but it will steal the limelight with a strong marketing blitz and hype. You are not going to sell people a Wii for 250$ when the PS3 marketing is at full throttle and released 2 days prior. THey had a chance to steal some of the thunder but now the Wii will be overshadowed by PS3 whether it be the shortage news or Sony's own marketing. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this will haunt Nintendo more so than you can imagine (Only 50$ cheaper than an Xbox 360 is not a good thing either, the average gamer may jsut spring for an Xbox 360 once you get up to that price).  

[Mario]

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You are not going to sell people a Wii for 250$ when the PS3 marketing is at full throttle.

I bet $250 you're dead wrong! Nothing is going to change with an extra $50 over a number pulled out of thin air. It means absolutely nothing.

This would basically be $200 for me since I was buying Wii Sports anyway.

[BigJim]

IGN says NYT broke an embargo, so apparently it is common knowledge among media. So the data is probably still accurate.

[attackslug]

Sunday is an odd day for any product launch...
My guess is that the relase date and price are in the right ballpark, but launching hardware on a day where stores open late/close early is just plain strange to me. I've worked in a number of (non game) stores, and sundays were always the slowest in terms of sales.

[GoldenPhoenix]

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Originally posted by: Mario

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You are not going to sell people a Wii for 250$ when the PS3 marketing is at full throttle.

I bet $250 you're dead wrong! Nothing is going to change with an extra $50 over a number pulled out of thin air. It means absolutely nothing.

This would basically be $200 for me since I was buying Wii Sports anyway.

It changes when you have a vastly superior system hardware wise for 50$ more. I know most of us Nintendo fans will pay it but the mainstream is not going to be as accepting, that is not a mainstream price especially for a system that is perceived as a weak link when it comes to what you get.

[MaryJane]

gcn launched on a sunday and are you guys really complaining about $250?

[Donutt007]

Seattle PI got pwn'd...or shall we say gwn'd. New catchphrase!!! Any site reporting false info and gets busted is gwn'd.  

[Jin-X]

Dec. 2 and 25,000 yen in Japan. Isn't 25,000 yen the price of all Nintendo consoles in Japan? So their price stays the same and ours gets upped by $50? I call shenanigans on SPI.

[joedick]

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Sunday is an odd day for any product launch...

Nintendo typically releases hardware on Sundays. Even as recently as the DS Lite.

[Mario]

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Originally posted by: VGrevolution

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Originally posted by: Mario

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You are not going to sell people a Wii for 250$ when the PS3 marketing is at full throttle.

I bet $250 you're dead wrong! Nothing is going to change with an extra $50 over a number pulled out of thin air. It means absolutely nothing.

This would basically be $200 for me since I was buying Wii Sports anyway.

It changes when you have a vastly superior system hardware wise for 50$ more. I know most of us Nintendo fans will pay it but the mainstream is not going to be as accepting, that is not a mainstream price especially for a system that is perceived as a weak link when it comes to what you get.

The mainstream don't care about graphics.

[GoldenPhoenix]

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Originally posted by: MaryJane
gcn launched on a sunday and are you guys really complaining about $250?

I am when it appears all you are getting is Wii sports for hardware that is vastly underpowered, it is not going to look well at all to the gaming public. Like I said that is not what I would call an impulse buy price and places it only 50$ under Xbox 360.

[Nick DiMola]

I guess its IGN too. LINK.

Man $250 and AFTER this PS3, Nintendo tell me it isn't true!!  

[Artimus]

The Japanese equals about $212 making the American price even more disgusting.

Major, major stupidity here. God, are were they thinking? They LIED about release date.

[BigJim]

Really... $212 Japan/$249 US.

That IS odd....

Edit: Ah, no Wiisports bundled for them.

[Mario]

Japan isn't getting Wii Sports packed in, so the prices match.

[Artimus]

I guess I won't be getting one until Christmas, now. I could afford the $300 or so Canadian (system and a game) I expected. Up that to $375 or so and I just cannot afford it.

Can't say how disappointing this is. Really can't say.

[attackslug]

Yikes, guess Sunday is it. The price is fine to me -- it's what I had expected. Eight more weeks is painful, though.

[GoldenPhoenix]

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Originally posted by: Artimus
I guess I won't be getting one until Christmas, now. I could afford the $300 or so Canadian (system and a game) I expected. Up that to $375 or so and I just cannot afford it.

Can't say how disappointing this is. Really can't say.

I have to agree, I will only feel alittle better if it comes with two wiimotes/nunchucks and the classic controller. That 2 days after PS3 is the major kicker there, no way can Nintendo beat Sony when it comes to marketing, it will be buried. BTW how in the heck did Pale  know the release date? Seems odd he would nail it right on.

[Artimus]

Japanese get, in the box:

Wii
Remote Strap
Nunchuck
AC Adapter
A/V Cable
Stand
"Plate"
Sensor Bar
Stand Plug??
2 Batteries

If the American one has a second controller as well as Sports it'll be better. If it's just sports that's crap.

[Famicom]

Japanese press release of the Wii launch in Japan.

A quick machine translator says that it'll include the console, controller, nunchaku attachment, AC adapter, AV cable, console stand, supporting plate (??), sensor bar, sensor bar stand, and two AA batteries. So the US one costs more when you add in the extra controller and Wii Sports we're (supposedly) getting.

[Hostile Creation]

I like how everyone's acting like this is a big deal.