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IenjoyedKingsField
08-09-2006, 01:43 PM
Camp Hyrule (http://camphyrule.com/) is giving out a Wii, and this tidbit was nestled in the sweepstakes info of the camp's registration email:

Approximate retail value of the Wii video game system has not yet been determined, but will not exceed $250.00.
Tia
08-09-2006, 02:11 PM
And in other news item... tomorrow the sun will shine and my cat will yawn.
Siraris
08-09-2006, 02:14 PM
Wasn't this announced weeks ago?
Norse
08-09-2006, 02:17 PM
Not exceed $250? That means the price will be $249.99. $50 too much IMHO. If people called the X360 a Xbox 1.5, what would the same people call the Wii? GameCube 1.1? It's just a souped up GameCube with a funny controller :) . Seriously, I can't wait to get my hands on a Wii (don't laugh). I will have to give it a go before deciding if I'll buy one or not. It's all about the controller. If it feels right it's a go, but if it feels a tad off I'm out.
Spigot
08-09-2006, 02:22 PM
I won't believe this news until I see it on a 7-11 cup.
Doctor Setebos
08-09-2006, 02:29 PM
Wait a second. I signed up for Camp Hyrule and I never got any registration email! When did these go out? I didn't know they were giving away a Wii. Where did you get this information?
Tinderbox
08-09-2006, 02:33 PM
I think the news would be if Nintendo launched a console that cost more than $199 since they've yet to do that.
Freak705
08-09-2006, 02:35 PM
In other news, it has now been confirmed that the world is actually a SPHERE. Who would have thought?
Deathbane27
08-09-2006, 02:41 PM
Captain Obvious has left the building!
Bone
08-09-2006, 02:45 PM
Wait, if a Wii just is a souped up Gamecube with a funny controller, then what in God's name justifies the price of the PS3?
31 Flavas
08-09-2006, 02:46 PM
I won't believe this news until I see it on a 7-11 cup.Yea. I'm with you, all the way. 7-11 has the real scoop. Wii will cost $300, don't believe what Nintendo tells you.

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE!
Mozgus
08-09-2006, 03:03 PM
Wait, if a Wii just is a souped up Gamecube with a funny controller, then what in God's name justifies the price of the PS3?
Fanboy Tuition.
Darkbase
08-09-2006, 03:06 PM
Like someone already said, this was offcially announced a few months back, which is why no one is taking the 7-11 crap seriously.
TheKeck
08-09-2006, 03:26 PM
I think the news would be if Nintendo launched a console that cost more than $199 since they've yet to do that.
Au contraire, the NES, SNES, N64, and GC ALL launched for more than $199. They all launched for $199.99, to be exact. :p

I still feel quite confident that the Wii will launch for that price as well.
Kamalot
08-09-2006, 03:33 PM
I wouldn't mind a bundle for $250. Maybe an extra controller would be nice. That way, right out of the box, it is a multiplayer system.
Rafer
08-09-2006, 03:38 PM
Au contraire, the NES, SNES, N64, and GC ALL launched for more than $199. They all launched for $199.99, to be exact. :p

I still feel quite confident that the Wii will launch for that price as well.

Except that the U.S. dollar is really weak right now. If Wii launched at the same price as the Gamecube did in Japan, Europe and Canada, it would probably cost more in the U.S. since U.S. dollars are worth far less than were 5 years ago.
Nighthold
08-09-2006, 03:48 PM
Except that the U.S. dollar is really weak right now. If Wii launched at the same price as the Gamecube did in Japan, Europe and Canada, it would probably cost more in the U.S. since U.S. dollars are worth far less than were 5 years ago.


Not to mention that inflation requires nintendo to increase their prices eventually.
TheKeck
08-09-2006, 03:52 PM
Not to mention that inflation requires nintendo to increase their prices eventually.
Yeah, that's true. However, it hasn't caught up to them up 'til now, which is pretty amazing. And considering the fact that people seem to think something around that price point is possible, I'm just betting they'll stick with it again.
Tinderbox
08-09-2006, 03:57 PM
Au contraire, the NES, SNES, N64, and GC ALL launched for more than $199. They all launched for $199.99, to be exact. :p

I still feel quite confident that the Wii will launch for that price as well.

Touche ya bastard :p
Bone
08-09-2006, 04:29 PM
Fanboy Tuition.
LOL. I love that phrase. It's equal to what we call the lottery here in Texas: the Idiot Tax.
AversionFX
08-09-2006, 04:44 PM
Not exceed $250? That means the price will be $249.99. $50 too much IMHO. If people called the X360 a Xbox 1.5, what would the same people call the Wii? GameCube 1.1? It's just a souped up GameCube with a funny controller :) . Seriously, I can't wait to get my hands on a Wii (don't laugh). I will have to give it a go before deciding if I'll buy one or not. It's all about the controller. If it feels right it's a go, but if it feels a tad off I'm out.

You are the pool of idiocy in the world that needs to stop breathing and cease existence.

Please make that your #1 priority for the day.
Chameleo
08-09-2006, 04:46 PM
nintendo announced this a long time ago. this is not new information. camp hyrule is just repeating what nintendo said - i doubt they had any 'inside' info.
Zeal
08-09-2006, 04:48 PM
Who would pay $250 for Wii when you can get a 360 for $300.
Chameleo
08-09-2006, 04:51 PM
Who would pay $250 for Wii when you can get a 360 for $300.

people who like great games.
Loganrapp
08-09-2006, 05:01 PM
Who would pay $250 for Wii when you can get a 360 for $300.

People who will pay $550 for both.
cp#
08-09-2006, 05:39 PM
If you pay $300 dollars for the XBox 360 core system... you suck at life.
Metal
08-09-2006, 05:42 PM
$250 would be a ripoff. $99 or $149 tops is all I'd pay.
shnastybiznastic
08-09-2006, 06:02 PM
$250 would be a ripoff. $99 or $149 tops is all I'd pay.
When was the last time you bought any console at launch then?
Kamalot
08-09-2006, 06:08 PM
Who would pay $250 for Wii when you can get a 360 for $300.
People who want to play with the new controller. People who want to play Nintendo games or exclusives. People who want to download NES, SNES, Genesis, TG16 and N64 games. People who want to replace their GameCube. People who don't usually play games and want to try these new 'anyone gamer' games. People who want the Wii as a 2nd console. People who want more affordable games. People who want party games. Yeah, there are a few people who would pick up a Wii at $250.
Wyrm
08-09-2006, 06:10 PM
People who want to play with the new controller. People who want to play Nintendo games or exclusives. People who want to download NES, SNES, Genesis, TG16 and N64 games. People who want to replace their GameCube. People who don't usually play games and want to try these new 'anyone gamer' games. People who want the Wii as a 2nd console. People who want more affordable games. People who want party games. Yeah, there are a few people who would pick up a Wii at $250.

PWNT.

this is the typing that I do because of the minimum text limit.
Rafer
08-09-2006, 08:37 PM
Who would pay $250 for Wii when you can get a 360 for $300.

You're forgetting that Wii has flash memory included, but you need a memory card for the 360. So the 360 Core is really $340, which is why nobody buys it.
Nimos
08-09-2006, 11:14 PM
It will be priced at 229.99
rival81
08-09-2006, 11:38 PM
250 is very affordable, though still not exactly cheap considering the technology you get with it. When you consider Nintendo claim they're not going to make any loss on Hardware, whereas MS and Sony are both making huge losses, it's obvious the Wii doesn't use nearly as much expensive technology.
31 Flavas
08-10-2006, 01:17 AM
It will be priced at 229.99I'd still place my bet on $199. All of their previous consoles have been $199. And aside from the accelerometer stuff, as Evil and Zeal and all the other smarty pants are more then ready to tell you... There's not a whole lot going on in there in the high-fi department.

The GameCube is $99, I figure new controllers, Wifi, Virtual Console, and modestly upgraded hardware can be done for $100 extra easy. They aren't using exotic or expensive hardware like Sony and Microsoft, and after their total domination and fan crazyness for Wii at E3 '06 I don't think they need to worry about having to price in R&D. They can make back R&D in time with volume.

Besides if they launch at $250 or even $230, one $50 price cut from Microsoft may leave potential Wii customers confused and unsettled. Since even though the "core" system is pretty gimmpy, the "Gimp60" would have all this 'hi-def' and better hardware stuff for the same $250 or $20 extra.

That price of course, doesn't factor in the $40 memory card they'd need to save game data or the $50 Live Gold, both of which are included with the system price of Wii. I'm just thinking the idea of good value and gameplay would be over shadow'd by the two being the "same" price.

I mean lets face it, in the US, in the face of $3-$4 per gallon for gasoline, hybrid and high MPG cars are not the top selling vehicles. It's "Manly" 4WD, SUVs and Trucks because their prices have bottomed out for obvious reasons.
easi
08-10-2006, 03:05 AM
For God's sake, we ALREADY KNEW THIS. Just wait until it's announced at TGS or wherever.
HardScores
08-10-2006, 06:40 AM
This was a press release in may, 5/25

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/05/25/price_for_wii_will_not_exceed_250_says_n/
DarkEternal
08-10-2006, 06:54 AM
Thank you, Ric Romero.

Though I have to agree with Flavas above. If Nintendo wants to be the cheap, affordable, everyone's system like they claim, they really have to be the definitively lowest priced console. I don't think they can really accomplish that with a $250 price tag.
AversionFX
08-10-2006, 08:34 AM
$250 would be a ripoff. $99 or $149 tops is all I'd pay.

Sometimes I wonder if people even bother to think about the things they are saying before they actually post them. Why must anti-Nintendo people be so goddamn stupid?
TrainwreckX
08-10-2006, 12:29 PM
Sometimes I wonder if people even bother to think about the things they are saying before they actually post them. Why must anti-Nintendo people be so goddamn stupid?

Especially since it costs $129 for a DS Lite. What makes that Sony fanboi think Nintendo would offer up their console for $149? A $20 difference from their handheld? Oh I know why, because its got a crappy processor, hardly better than the Gamecube, right? Give me a break, the Wii is going to pwn asshole. I know, I've played it.
easi
08-10-2006, 01:05 PM
Especially since it costs $129 for a DS Lite. What makes that Sony fanboi think Nintendo would offer up their console for $149? A $20 difference from their handheld? Oh I know why, because its got a crappy processor, hardly better than the Gamecube, right? Give me a break, the Wii is going to pwn asshole. I know, I've played it.

I like the cut of your jib.
Magnanimous Gnome
08-10-2006, 04:53 PM
I'm much more interested in the price of the accessories. Here's to hoping that they are priced reasonably and not in the ridiculous range like a certain other console...

Please Nintendo - Keep the controllers at $30 tops!!
Magnanimous Gnome
08-10-2006, 04:54 PM
In other news, it has now been confirmed that the world is actually a SPHERE. Who would have thought?


Actually the world isn't a sphere. ;)


I wouldn't mind a bundle for $250. Maybe an extra controller would be nice. That way, right out of the box, it is a multiplayer system.


As long as the bundle is a deal at $250 - say the console, a game, and two controllers. That'd be great.