25 May 2006
Ferry

Nintendo announces Japanese Wii price!

Nintendo Wii Price = $249.99 / €249 / £179 + free game!

Back in May Nintendo 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.

Let’s break this maximum price down to global prices, by comparing it with the upcoming DS Lite. The Japanese price of 16800 yen converts directly into $150 / €117 / £80. Of course due to US prices being listed without taxes, additional shipping to Europe and added taxes there of up to 20% are already included in the price, so it comes down to the official global prices of $130 / €150 (+28.2%) / £100 (+25%).

Looking at the Wii price of 25,000 yen, that converts directly into $223 / €175 / £119. When deciding regional prices for their products they can’t just stay with the nearest number, but they can round it off so it’s easy for customers to pay for at the store. Keeping that in mind, we can expect the Wii prices to be: $225 / €225 / £150 !!

Add in a second controller and you’re at $250, you’re going to get at least one new game, which puts you at $300. Perhaps these low prices are why Nintendo has predicted on the same press conference that sales of six million units by March 2007 are achievable for the Wii.

29 July 2006 19:25
Wii Lover

The Wii rocks my mom and dad allready said they are going to buy me one!!!!!!!!!!!!

7 August 2006 08:59
Dean Price

OMG the Wii is that cheep at least i can trade in all my GC games for it, and still have enough to buy one.

7 August 2006 11:24
your mom

hey dont get to carried away at the price … it said that it would be NO MORE….in other words 225 or less .

ps: wiiiiii im happy!!!!

7 August 2006 11:25
your mom

o ya and im already savin up….hahaha i have 200 right now and more still to come

10 August 2006 16:53
who cares?

i am saving my money up, just like the poster “your mom” I have $150 right now, and i still have a couple of months to go, and nintendo 64 got less than the pre price of $250. So to break it down, it will be close to see if i actully have enough money to buy the wii depending on what the REAL price is and plus going down to when the wii comes out.

3 September 2006 03:50
Mr. mmm

wow the wii will coast about €225! man I thought that it was going to cost less… oh well, I already have enough money to buy sooooo I don’t really mind the price.

Nintendo rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah nearly forgo… Does anyone know when it would come out in Italy???????? Thanks

4 September 2006 02:28
wiimaster

yes nintendo is going to win this year that price is the lowest of all the next gen consles

5 September 2006 18:27
kalab

wow like i think the wii is going to be so sick i cant wait for it to come on and the price is pocket change

p.s

I can,t wait for the new Zelda game so kool

10 September 2006 05:08
shaz

wii has this in the bag, rite now i have an xbox 360 cus i thought that xbox would win the console war, but looks like wii is going to be the winner, i wont be surprised if the PS3 turns into another dreamcast lol. come xmas parents are going to go to games shops around the world, they will either have the choice of a $600 ps3, a reduced price xbox 360 at about $300 or the wii for $225 some will go for the xbox nd some will go for the wii, and the ps3 will be the only one left on the shelves after xmas. as for europe there will only be 2 consoles, because ps3 is hitting the shelves in march, by that time everyone will have a console and PS3 will have to wait for next christmas, but no1 will buy it because everone has a consloe. you can buy a wii and an xbox 360 for the same money as a ps3 lol ps3 is doooooommmmmedd

14 September 2006 13:41
sovereign_nation

you gotta give it to nintendo,they know what they are doing..sony and microsoft dont.nintendo will eventually hit that seven million mark. the price of the wii in comparison to the ps3 is going to be a selling point..but let us remember that event though sony is gonna lose LOTS of money for every console they sell..they will definitely gain it back in dev kits,game sells…but im going for nintendo!