I call absolute BS on 750k Wiis launched in the US. The reason being is Nintendo is upping production to meet launch demand. By years end, I am predicting that Nintendo will have:
2 Million Japan
1.5 Million US
1.5 Million Europe
With a very distinct possibility that US will get .5 million more, and Europe less.
Nintendo already knows its production numbers are going to be greater than Sony, and Nintendo will dominate Japan. Nintendo must make a solid showing in the US early or it will lose its American 3rd party support.
The more I think about this report the more I realize it is mostly filled with completely inaccurate information.
$99 although nice is insanely low, and just barely higher than current Gamecube. Nintendo wants to make money on this system, they NEED to make money on this system, a loss is just completely unacceptable. When Nintendo stated they didn't expect to see a profit from Wii revenues this coming quarter...I think it is because they are planning to spend major money on advertising, and need to still recoup the R&D on the system. Which means each unit must bring in more than it costs to make it.
$199 is definately the targetted price for the Wii...the question is will Nintendo get more aggressive and go even lower? We will have to wait and see.