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.
27 September 2006 16:53DeKay
As part of the Nintendo generation I say: Go Team!
Nintendo is the only company that realizes that games are more than fancy graphics; games are about storylines, depth and replay value. I still play my 8/16-bit consoles because of their ability to stimulate my imagination and the straightforward UI’s that are incorporated in each game. Nintendo understands the essence of a good console/game and I doubt that the Nintendo Wii (’We’ not W 2) won’t provide an enjoyable experience. Ultimately I thought all hope was lost because of the console wars, but Nintendo is about to prove me wrong. Thank you!
30 October 2006 17:32Slash Skull
man, if they put up the price some more, like up to 3-400
dollars, im gonna sue them!
(even though I can’t anyways)
