Wii release date and price?

[Choo Choo]

shopto.net have a preorder page for the Nintendo Wii. They've listed it at £149.99 and 15/10/2006 as the release date.

If that's the real price then I'm definitely gonna get one The games look a little pricy though.

http://www.shopto.net/page.php?page=...codart=WIICO00

Edit: They changed the URL

[MadduckUK]

WAVE POINT RUMBLE LISTEN!!

cheap system + expensive games = not great. especially as by all accounts the wii is not gonna set the world alight visually. and a lot of people see that as a big thing

[philipbain]

All the next gen systems are being sold at a loss with revenues raked back on over-priced games (at least at the time of release), we've already seen that with Xbox 360 games that they are typically £10 more than an Xbox game, theres nothing to suggest that PS3 games will be any less expensive (pre-order prices suggest the same as Xbox 360) so at least with Nintendo's Wii the hardware is cheaper and the games are just as much as thier competitors. As for visuals I think many people may be surprised by just how capabale Wii is, true it isnt a HD console but to most users this won't matter as they won't use HD equipment anyway.

[Yohji]

The games are pretty pricey with any new console though aren't they?

I'm sure that they will drop fairly soon after release.

[Mike Fishcake]

Yikes - they better bloody had drop the price. Makes it look like they're a printer manufacturer - sell the device cheap, ram up the price of consumables!

[Steven W]

shopto.net have a preorder page for the Nintendo Wii. They've listed it at £149.99 and 15/10/2006 as the release date.

If that's the real price then I'm definitely gonna get one The games look a little pricy though.

http://www.shopto.net/page.php?page=...codart=WIICO00

Edit: They changed the URL

Cheers, added to news section.

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=79703

You get a mention for your detective work.

[xbo]

That's one hell of a price!

I'm still going to hold out though for a decent games bundle

[djhworld]

I'm skeptical as to whether that is the actual release date and price.

Where is the official announcement from Nintendo?

[Metroid]

I think it will come out on september, is not a good think if they launch together with PS3, many of the people in japan will buy Wii for the experience it gives to you.

I'm not different than other and Wii wiil be my first option.

[pr0p4g4nd4]

The official date and price...

Release Date: Soon
Retail Price: Cheap

[Whiternoise]

WAVE POINT RUMBLE LISTEN!!

cheap system + expensive games = not great. especially as by all accounts the wii is not gonna set the world alight visually. and a lot of people see that as a big thing

I think that's generalising quite a lot to be honest. The Wii never intended to set the world alight visually, even Mr Iwata admitted that. While i'll agree with you that many people do not see that as a good thing, there are at least as many people who want bang for their buck (so to speak) who will buy the Wii for it's interactivity and gameplay values.

As for a cheap system and expensive games, the games are not especially expensive. They are being priced according to how the Nintendo execs feel they will sell (e.g Mario and Zelda will retail for more than Excite Truck!). When you put this in context, it is a clever system - take the game Ping Pals for the DS; priced at £20 (the same as some games if bought via Amazon.co.uk) it is nothing more than a rebranded version of the DS chat system. So, you end up paying the same price for a decent racing game as you would for a glitzy chat program.
By pricing the Wii games in the proposed way, you will get much better value for money - paying a suitable price for a game that you will seriously enjoy (i'm thinking Twighlight Princess, Red Steel, etc.)
Considering what you get, you can hardly complain about the Wii because it is cheap sytsem. Take the old example that a 360 premium package and a Wii launch package costs only slightly more than a PS3 launch bundle - the 360 has exceptional graphics, the Wii has exceptional innovation and games. I believe one of the MS execs said that they didn't see any problem with the Wii because they both catered for different niche markets (and thus, both companies have no problem with people purchasing both to get the best of each console).

That's just my pennethworth, but i really do think that the Wii is extremely cheap given that you are in effect buying a console with backward compatibility, full motion sensing and access to the back catalogue of retro games. Definitely worth paying the low price as a trade of to games that won't really cost more than Xbox or PS games.

[Metroid]

Wii will be the most successful video game ever created, just wait and see. The great point to note is being compatible with all the old games as stated as a virtual console

[DeludedGuy]

That Trailer on the site looks very sexy!

[Whiternoise]

Yeah, the mario boss battle looks really sweet!

[BEANFro Elite]

Pah, who needs fancy pants uber expensive consoles when you can get a knee tremblingly adorable console that is eye wateringly innovative.

I'd rather spend the money for an Xbox360/PS3 for a nice SLi and dual core cpu flavoured PC upgrade tbh


That said, I'm getting a PS3 much later after its release for Metal Gear Solid 4 and the new Gran Turismo.

[Whiternoise]

Yeah, i'm looking forward to the new war sim on PS3, the air combat looks intense, though it can't yet justify 500 quid