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    Wii Priced (sort of)

    Gamesradar are reporting that Nintendo have released pricing information.

    No more than $250 (US) and 25,000yen(Japan) As yet no UK/Euro price yet That supports the low pricing thats already been hinted at and also peoples own idea of it coming in under £150.

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    If it's under £150 I'd imagine stores running out of stock within 1-2 days of release.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hans Voralberg
    If it's under £150 I'd imagine stores running out of stock within 1-2 days of release.
    Aii that would indeed be the case.

    I would have said around £170 - £199 over here just a guess though ofc
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    What the hell does "WTH" mean

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    um... every console launch ever, bar the n-gage, has been sold out within hours. regardless of price

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    Quote Originally Posted by directhex
    um... every console launch ever, bar the n-gage, has been sold out within hours. regardless of price
    cough Xbox cough Saturn

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    Quote Originally Posted by beanbandit
    cough Xbox cough Saturn
    okay, the saturn is a special case, since sega went out of their way to kill off pre-launch buzz

    the xbox didn't do badly though

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    Hmm thinking back, didnt the Xbox price start at around &#163;350 - &#163;400?
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    &#163;299 launch price for Xbox

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    Quote Originally Posted by directhex
    the xbox didn't do badly though
    Pre-launch buzz, thats funny Sega just released it with virtually no press. There wasn't a rush at all, didn't help with the £400 price tag though.

    Quote Originally Posted by directhex
    the xbox didn't do badly though
    I disagree with that, its was a terrible launch, hence why MS dropped the price after 5 weeks. At which point i bought one.

    The thing they both had in common was no sell out. You could walk into most shops and just buy one off the shelf. I don't think that will happen with Wii (or the PS3 at its price)

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    Quote Originally Posted by directhex
    £299 launch price for Xbox
    ah never had one but remembered some strange price ^ ^ i must be thinkin of something else
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    Quote Originally Posted by beanbandit
    Pre-launch buzz, thats funny Sega just released it with virtually no press. There wasn't a rush at all, didn't help with the £400 price tag though.
    let's be fair, it had roughly 4 seconds of pre-launch buzz - the gap between "it's being released" and "right now" at e3!

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    I'd go with &#163;149.99 as a likely UK startpoint or possibly slightly higher due to VAT + British adjustment
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    &#163;150 quid lauch price eh, even the scots might buy that one

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    haha, yeah im certainly gonna buy one of these things, anyone know where i can pre-order one?

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