Wii Price?

[DiemetriX]

According to the vice president of marketing for Sega the Wii wil retail for less than $200


Bet on the Wii will selling for less than $200, says Scott Steinberg, vice president of marketing for Sega, one of the major game publishers for Nintendo consoles. Prices for both the Microsoft and Sony machines are higher due to their heavy-duty processing power, and the PS3 will also feature Sony’s next generation Blu-Ray DVD drive.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/home/digitalentertainment/2006/05/10/nintendo-e3-strategy-rr_cx_0510game.html?www.dailytech.com

The price is not official and may be nothing but an educated guess

Thanks to conzer16 for the heads-up

[Retro_Link]

http://www.cubed3.com/news/5157/

Nintendo Senior Vice President George Harrison spoke to Forbes about his companies’ plans in regards to the Wii’s price - and concluded that they did not need to announce a price just yet, saying one would be set in “August or September”, as knowing what the competitors are up allows them time to think and price accordingly. Harrison added that he was “surprised” Sony announced their price so early.

Many believe Wii will be sold at a much lower price point than the competition, with one such person being Scott Steinberg, vice president of marketing for Sega, who believes the system will come in at less than $200 US. Steinberg is more concerned with how many units will be released upon launch, as Sega cannot finalise its own plans for the Wii launch without an estimate from Nintendo. However, due to the simpler Wii hardware, Steinberg believes that they will be able to get more units produced faster than Sony or Microsoft.Just a guess from Sega,

Price to be set in August/September!

[blender]

I reckon there will be a few packages at different prices. Definately one with two wiimotes even if this is not the default. Two controllers fits with the philosophy of the whole "we" thing

[Philoss]

Good news, good news, even if we think this ourselves, Scott Steinberg is in a better place to judge.

That would mean 200$ / 400$ / 600$
for the wii / xbox360 / PS3
Get three for the price of one !

I personnaly think it's going to lunch with 2 wiimotes because some games will require this for solo play (music titles for exemple). A nunchuk is also needed, then why not add another one ? Don't forget there's two 'i' in wii and all the "we" concept... it's about wii. 2 wiimotes, 2 nunchuck. Final answer.
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[solitanze]

Hopefully the price they decide on is reasonable, anything over $250 US at the very highest would be too expenisve. Consumers may invest in the "perceived" superior consoles that are more expensive if Wii is priced too high...

[Mimternet]

It's going to have to be cheap. Let's face it, the games just don't look anywhere near as good as they do on PS3 and XBox 360. Fine by me, but I expect this to be reflected in the price. Around 250 euros (£199).

[Owen]

It's either £129.99, £149.99 or £189.99.

Oh and i love the fact theres little worry of shortages due to the ease of making them. That makes me happy. :)

[shade]

£129 just like the cube I reckon. Remote and nunchuck will always come packed together but it will probably only be one with the console. I hope they throw in the classic controller as well as that is needed for Virtual Console games and also Gamecube games as some new owners might decide to experiance cube for the first time on Wii. but don't forget that Smash brothers will need the classic controller.

[mike-zim]

price revealed aug sept? that would mean it wouldn't be out till atleast november. so far away. its not fair. Burning Crusaides is out at about that time aswell. this sucks. i will have no money at all.

[ThePigMarcher]

Personally I think (hope) the price will be announced sooner than Aug/Sept , otherwise there will not be much of a window to launch prior to the PS3.

Mind you , now the price of the PS3 has been announced I wonder if Nintendo will not feel so pressured into launching beforehand.

[conzer16]

€250/$250 is the MOST expensive it can possibly be - Nintendo would be doing themselves damage if they priced it higher.

I think €200/$200 is the perfect price for it.

2controllers + 2nunchuks + console = €200

2controllers + 2nunchuks + console + game = €240

+ 2 games = €270

+ 1 game + 1 "cheap" game = €260

maybe??

[Hero-of-Time]

I personally think it will between £150-£180 which would make me very happy.

[Pestneb]

they're probably deciding what to include.
2nunchuck style setups, 2 classic controller set-ups?
1 nunchuck, 1 classic?

if it IS cheap enough, I may buy a couple of spare consoles

[MRC]

One remote and one nunchuck will definitely be included because so many games use the nunchuck. The classic controller will most likely not be included.

[blender]

One remote and one nunchuck will definitely be included because so many games use the nunchuck. The classic controller will most likely not be included.

if SB Brawl uses the classic controller , it will be included!

[JetSetWilly]

I would expect the price and date to be confirmed at TGS in September.

As for price. Well, with Zelda and Metroid at launch Nintendo, for me personally, can pretty much name their price. They're giving me the content I want at launch and I will pay what I need to pay to get it.

if SB Brawl uses the classic controller , it will be included!

Don't count on it. In an interview on eurogamer they've said "don't throw away your GCN controllers just yet".

[shade]

thats menas nothing, what about people who did not own a gamecube? they gonna have to buy a £20 controller to play Smash Bros, SNES, Mega Drive and n64 games? that is going to put people off.

[JetSetWilly]

thats menas nothing, what about people who did not own a gamecube? they gonna have to buy a £20 controller to play Smash Bros, SNES, Mega Drive and n64 games? that is going to put people off.

I dunno, ask him - he's the one who said don't chuck 'em away. And he said it explicitly in relation to playing Smash Bros.

Maybe he's not allowed to reveal that the classic controller is in the bundle and just said the first thing that came to him.

[MRC]

if SB Brawl uses the classic controller , it will be included!

Definitely not. Why would they make their Wii more expensive than it has to be? If they wanted it to be expensive, they would've included every launch game. I'm sure you'll be able to play smash bros with the remote and nunchuck just fine.

[shade]

Maybe its just not finalised but it would be sensible to pack in 1 classic controller at least.

[Mikey]

Anything more than £150, and I'll not be buying it until a price drop.

[mike-zim]

we can all speculate but fact is it will be the cheapest console. who cares how they pack it i will be buying extra contollers anyway. probably go into game or something and get them to do me a deal on it.

[conzer16]

Anything more than £150, and I'll not be buying it until a price drop.

I take it your not going to be purchasing a ps3 then!!:D

[Mikey]

I take it your not going to be purchasing a ps3 then!!:D

Yep. I'm buying it mainly for GT5 and Winning Eleven though. I won't be buying it on release day, and will wait for a price drop. I can't justify buying consoles on release day like I used to unless they come out cheaply like the Gamecube.

[conzer16]

Yep. I'm buying it mainly for GT5 and Winning Eleven though. I won't be buying it on release day, and will wait for a price drop. I can't justify buying consoles on release day like I used to unless they come out cheaply like the Gamecube.

Well nintendo have stated that their console will be the cheapest and considering the 360 is quite expensive (even the lower spec one) and then the ps3 I think anywhere under £200 will be an instant hit.

Im gonna wait a while until the price for 360 and ps3 drops substantially. getting a wii at launch tho

[Fierce_LiNk]

Yep. I'm buying it mainly for GT5 and Winning Eleven though. I won't be buying it on release day, and will wait for a price drop .

That'll have to be one hell of a price drop then.

[Mikey]

I'll be getting a 360 too when the Premium pack hits the 200 mark. The PS3 won't be a reasonable price for ages after its release, and I doubt there'll be any games I'd want for it at first anyway.

I'm looking forward to Wii the most by far though. If the Wii is a reasonable enough price at launch, I'll pre order one. :)

That'll have to be one hell of a price drop then.

I'd pay more for a PS3 than Wii considering it's far more powerful, will have more games, etc..

[conzer16]

That'll have to be one hell of a price drop then.


hee hee that made me laugh!! i cant see ps3 dropping to round 300 until at least 2008!!

(Gonna get the xbox meself)

[Mikey]

They'll have to drop it if they wanna stay competitive. The average consumer won't pay silly prices for a couple of hours of fun a week, or for their 12 year old son.

[raven_blade2006]

Are these new Wii specs right?

http://www.gamehope.com/news.articles/13055.html

Apparently it says that it has:

CPU: PowerPC 750GX clocked at 1.1 Ghz with 1MB Cache
GPU: derived from ATI R520 (Currently equipping Radeon X1800 PC Graphic Cards)

Dont know what to make of this. But 1.1 GHZ seems like a decent increase for the console. After all, why not? A little extra boost wouldnt hurt.

[ThePigMarcher]

Seeing as Nintendo used an after-hours press conference for the annoucement of the Smash Bros title , I wonder if there is a possibility of them doing a similar after-hours event with launch date and price before the end of E3.

Just a possibility and not something I will pin my hopes on.

[conzer16]

Seeing as Nintendo used an after-hours press conference for the annoucement of the Smash Bros title , I wonder if there is a possibility of them doing a similar after-hours event with launch date and price before the end of E3.

Just a possibility and not something I will pin my hopes on.


possible - but dont hold your breath!

[Stefkov]

im gettinog a wii at launch. dont care how much it is really. under £250 is good enough. ill just have to save more then. i might only get a couple of games at luanch. i mean they arent going anywhere, so im gonna get a few then, when ive finshed them get more. ill get red steel and some otheres for sure.

[UziT]

I wish nintendo dont fu*ck us up like microsoft done with the 360! I'd friggin die if find out i'll be getting my Wii Jan07 like i did with my 360 which was Jan06, but I end up getting it december 22!:D

[shade]

Nintendo did not show everything about the Wii and they did that on Purpose. Perhaps they are having their own show in summer. A return for Spaceworld?

[djamb3]

They will tell whats remaining at tgs for sure.But I hope spaceworld comes back.

[shade]

There seems like to much info to give at TGS. You got to remember that Nintendo do not show their stuff on the TGS show floor.

[ShadowV7]

I say between £130-£150.Hope a date will be sooner though,I wanna pre-order one.

[UziT]

I rang up Gamestation just a few minutes ago and they took my name and number and said they will let me know when the Wii will come out, how much is the deposit and how many they will be getting! :yay:

[Charlie]

I asked in GAME a couple of days ago about preorders actually, they said they would let me know as soon as Nintendo send them the details. (That was after we'd had a quick laugh about the name).

[UziT]

The dude who I spoke to said he was too ashamed to say Wii!

[Ashley]

Actually I was at work today and talked about Red Steel and I believe my actualy words were "You heard about Red Steel on The Wii - god that still sounds weird -..."

[Nintendork]

£130 base system.
£150 with a first party game

[DCK]

Are these new Wii specs right?

http://www.gamehope.com/news.articles/13055.html

Apparently it says that it has:

CPU: PowerPC 750GX clocked at 1.1 Ghz with 1MB Cache
GPU: derived from ATI R520 (Currently equipping Radeon X1800 PC Graphic Cards)

Dont know what to make of this. But 1.1 GHZ seems like a decent increase for the console. After all, why not? A little extra boost wouldnt hurt.
This is probably a good graphics/price ratio. They're using a hugely upgraded Cube CPU (outperforming the 360 core easily on single thread) and a brand new graphics chip that really is helping the graphics seeing Mario Galaxy and Smash Brawl for example. In other words, it should be able to launch at €200 and make the graphics look genuinely next gen.

[Demuwan]

This is probably a good graphics/price ratio. They're using a hugely upgraded Cube CPU (outperforming the 360 core easily on single thread) and a brand new graphics chip that really is helping the graphics seeing Mario Galaxy and Smash Brawl for example. In other words, it should be able to launch at €200 and make the graphics look genuinely next gen.

You've changed your tune! I hear Nintendo can do that to people.

[shade]

This is probably a good graphics/price ratio. They're using a hugely upgraded Cube CPU (outperforming the 360 core easily on single thread) and a brand new graphics chip that really is helping the graphics seeing Mario Galaxy and Smash Brawl for example. In other words, it should be able to launch at €200 and make the graphics look genuinely next gen.
Just don't expect all the 1st generation games to show this, I am impresseed with the graphics of the Wii but as we all know the graphics are not the main focus of the Wii.

[Nintendork]

Forbes (knows more about money than you) magazine says $200 or less.
I trust them more than I do myself with regard to money.. complimented by Sega's VP saying yesterday $200 seems highly likely.

[gaggle64]

$200 = £106

Sweet name taking lord in heaven I hope so.

[FalcoLombardi]

After I read this topic in school, I actually read a magazine (U.S. News). They actually had an article in there about E3. Only a paragraph was about Nintendo, but it did manage to say that the price will be $250. I hope they're right. Better yet, I hope they're wrong and its cheaper.

[Charlie]

$200 = £106

Sweet name taking lord in heaven I hope so.

+VAT and other stuff that make it more expensive here equals about £130 I think...

[AshMat]

£130 qill do my fine and dandy

[Stefkov]

£106 x 1.175 (bit of maths skills here) = £124.55 so thats plus VAT.
how much did the cube and such release for £130? yeah i think its likely to come out around that price again.

[AshMat]

ok so:
Wii, Controller, Nunchuk + 1/2 games would probably be one peice of kit, for 130, or 140..

[gaggle64]

That would sound about right.

[ShadowV7]

Sounds a bit cheap for all that to me.

[Nintendo Fan]

Yeah it does sound cheap, i got my gamecube with super smash brothers melee for £170.
It might be around that price with one game.

[MunKy]

I thought Cube launched at £150. When Wii comes out I'll be in the money so not much of a problem. Shame I'll have sod all time to play it. Depending on what bundle it is the prices will vary IMO. 2 Wiimotes will be more expensive than Wiimote + Nunchuk.

[Mikey]

The GC came out for around £135 if I remember right. They said it was gonna be more expensive, but they cut the price like 2 or so months before it came out here.

[shade]

Cube came out at £130 it was originally meant to be £150 but nitendo cut the price two weeks before launch.

[mario114]

£130 would be cool, admitaly I would pay a lot more if I had to.

[ShadowV7]

£130 would be sweet.That was the price of the GameCube as shade mentioned so £130-£150 would suit me fine.

[Nintendo Fan]

£130-£150 would be great then i could get a few more games at launch:grin:

[DCK]

You've changed your tune! I hear Nintendo can do that to people.
It's not Nintendo really, it's IGN being completely wrong :wink:

Really, I think this console is going to hit that 200 euro / 120 pounds mark. I think Nintendo is holding off a bit to see what the competitor's prices are.

[KKOB]

i'm still sticking with 150-sounds awfully common now but it seems right.

plus then i can invest my money where it matters-in all the launch games :D

[The fish]

Here's a correct statement about the price: "You could buy at least two Wii's for the price of one PS3."

Personally, I say the same as the 'cube at launch: £129.99/$199.99/how do I do a Euro sign? (it'll be the same as in $$$ though.)

[demonmike04]

£140-180 in my opinion, max i'd pay is 200.

[RuneSP]

Cube came out at £130 it was originally meant to be £150 but nitendo cut the price two weeks before launch.

damn, lucky bastards... when the 'cube came out in Denmark the price was just about 230£ :( everything in Denmark just have to be more expensive than other countries... wonder how much the PS3 is gonna launch for here though hehe... how much did the PS2 usually launch for in other countries?

[DCK]

I'm kind of hoping Microsoft is going to lower the 360 price to destroy the PS3's launch. That means Nintendo definetely have to go below €200, as I'm kind of expecting them to want to pull off a €249 launch if it's possible.

[Nintendork]

Apple's iPods (except the shuffle) cost nearly 40% above their retail price.
I'm not saying Nintendo has turned into Apple in one generation.. but the DS lite carries an extra 20% premium over the classic DS, just for the design.

I wouldn't be suprised if Nintendo charges a hefty premium- they have the right to. They are one-of-a-kind.

I'd gladly pay it.. I'm not justifying what Apple does, because I think it's wrong to make such excessive profit margins.
But when you have a product like that- It's hard to not say "why not?"

Maybe we'll be paying £160ish ($250)

[mario114]

I'm kind of hoping Microsoft is going to lower the 360 price to destroy the PS3's launch. That means Nintendo definetely have to go below €200, as I'm kind of expecting them to want to pull off a €249 launch if it's possible.

I wonder if they will try and get halo 3 reading for the ps3 launch date, how funny would that be on ps3 launch day walking in and buying a 360. :D

Is the any indication of a release date for the wii?

[Nintendork]

Mario, between October 1st 2006 and December 31st 2006.
That's all we know right now, and that's a worldwide launch period.

You can bet Japan gets it in early October, the Americas in early November and Europe in early December though.

[phillryu]

Yeah. I'm expecting it in the US in November, as I've heard November dates thrown around before, and Nintendo has also said in the past that they would launch with or before the PS3, which is also launching that month.

[Jamba]

Perrin Kaplan:

"Aiming for a worldwide launch"