Wii likely to be under $160

Monday, May. 29 2006 | Author: Griffith

Though Nintendo hasn’t stepped out and said it officially, many Japanese retailers are now taking pre-orders for big N’s latest console for 18.000 Yen, which is around $160.

So basically, at the time of release, you can buy a PS3, or buy a Nintendo Wii and an XBox 360 for nearly the same price. Hopefully this will lead to cheaper PS3s, though I wouldn’t count on it much until the second quarter of 2007 at least.

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4 Responses for "Wii likely to be under $160"

J78/jonathan

May 30th, 2006 at 3:53 am
1

That would be amazing.
Nongamergreg

May 30th, 2006 at 1:13 pm
2

1Up.com reports otherwise… $160 is a little unrealistic, even if the Wii is just a gamecube with fancy peripherals.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3151034
Jen

May 31st, 2006 at 2:10 pm
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could this be an april fool’s that is very late or very very very early? i want sources!
Abscissa

June 3rd, 2006 at 3:01 am
4

Since Nintendo is actively targeting the never-played-a-game croud, I think it’s entirely reasonable to think they would go about $50 below their traditional $200 launch price.