Some Wii Launch Information Revealed
Nintendo announced a bit of their plans for the Wii launch window today. They are expecting to launch at a price point below $250 in the United States and Â¥25,000 in Japan. A price for Canada, United Kingdom, European Union, and Australia was not mentioned. However, a spokesperson for Nintendo UK announced that the price for Europe and the UK will be around the same. This is good seeing as most hardware is much more expensive in Europe. This should put the pricing at around £130. About 200 Euros for the European Union. Better than “converting” from 600 USD to 600 EUR. Although prices will likely be higher due to the VAT.
I was hoping for a $200 US price tag, but this makes me think they’ll be launching at $249.99. Maybe Nintendo is going to try and please us by going $50 less? They expect to have six million units systems by March 31st, 2007. Alongside that, they expect to ship 17 million Wii games.
“Exact launch dates, identification of the launch library of titles and details on the unique Virtual Console aspect of Wii will be announced soon.”
Hopefully soon doesn’t mean August!
Nintendo announced a bit of their plans for the Wii launch window today. They are expecting to launch at a price point below $250 in the United States and Â¥25,000 in Japan. A price for Canada, United Kingdom, European Union, and Australia was not mentioned. However, a spokesperson for Nintendo UK announced that the price for Europe and the UK will be around the same. This is good seeing as most hardware is much more expensive in Europe. This should put the pricing at around £130. About 200 Euros for the European Union. Better than “converting” from 600 USD to 600 EUR. Although prices will likely be higher due to the VAT.
I was hoping for a $200 US price tag, but this makes me think they’ll be launching at $249.99. Maybe Nintendo is going to try and please us by going $50 less? They expect to have six million units systems by March 31st, 2007. Alongside that, they expect to ship 17 million Wii games.
“Exact launch dates, identification of the launch library of titles and details on the unique Virtual Console aspect of Wii will be announced soon.”
Hopefully soon doesn’t mean August!
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