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.
That would be amazing.
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
could this be an april fool’s that is very late or very very very early? i want sources!
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.