Nintendo Wii to launch November 19th at $249.99

[business]

http://static.flickr.com/91/247251946_80b2970467.jpg?v=0

Leaked images of the controller packaging.

Pretty...ipodish. LOL

[business]

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2006/10/wiimoteretailbox2.jpg

Fixed image.

[Bronty-2]

Of course there's going to be a few early adopters who will pay whatever price. That's not the point. You're never going to be able to carry a console on those few. The point is whether its too high for most people, and it is.

Actually the point is whether it's too high for the system to gain a market foothold until the first price drop. And I'm quite certan it's not. Relative to other home entertainment items that regularly sell to middle-America, the PS3 is on the low-end in terms of price. How that makes it "too high for most people" is beyond me. The problem is you're looking at video games from a "toy" price perspective, when they've clearly been in the "home entertainment" category (both in price and demographics) for years.

No, I'm looking at it from the perspective of how much do I have to pay for this thing that will last five years that is an upgrade on what I already have. You can put it in whatever "category" you want, it doesn't change the amount of money you have to pay at the register.

[Bronty-2]

just to add to that thought. I may be paying more for other "home entertainment" items, but I'm not replacing them every five years with the exact same thing.

Your initial point was "$600 is nothing to a lot of people" or whatever it is that you said, and you argued that people making decent money wouldn't notice the difference. Well.. I make decent money and I would notice the difference... so I disagree. Hell, I would notice the difference just in explaining it to my fiance LOL The semantics we can bat around in a circle all we want, but at the end of the day it's a lot of money for a video game machine.

[Lothars]

just to add to that thought. I may be paying more for other "home entertainment" items, but I'm not replacing them every five years with the exact same thing.

Your initial point was "$600 is nothing to a lot of people" or whatever it is that you said, and you argued that people making decent money wouldn't notice the difference. Well.. I make decent money and I would notice the difference... so I disagree. Hell, I would notice the difference just in explaining it to my fiance LOL The semantics we can bat around in a circle all we want, but at the end of the day it's a lot of money for a video game machine.

but tecnically it's not being marketed as a video game machine especially because it has a blu-ray player as well and that right away markets it a different way,

I mean I still think 600 dollars is expensive and it really shouldn't be that high but I still see them lowering the price over here as well.

[THATinkjar]

This week, I was finally able to pre-order my Wii. I even threw in copies of Red Steel and Zelda for good measure. I can't wait! Roll on December the 8th! :-P

The Wii also has the honour of becoming the first ever console that I've pre-ordered. I've even reserved a little space for it already, such is my excitement.

[SkiDragon]

This week, I was finally able to pre-order my Wii. I even threw in copies of Red Steel and Zelda for good measure. I can't wait! Roll on December the 8th! :-P

The Wii also has the honour of becoming the first ever console that I've pre-ordered. I've even reserved a little space for it already, such is my excitement.

May I ask where you preordered it?

[Princess-Isabela]

apparently people in Europe are already preordering it - awesome!

[j_factor]

This week, I was finally able to pre-order my Wii. I even threw in copies of Red Steel and Zelda for good measure. I can't wait! Roll on December the 8th! :-P

The Wii also has the honour of becoming the first ever console that I've pre-ordered. I've even reserved a little space for it already, such is my excitement.

May I ask where you preordered it?

Somewhere in the UK no doubt, you silly yank.

[Daniel Thomas]

I heard an interesting bit of news on this week's Videogame Outsiders. It seems Toys R Us is having a Wii bundle that includes two extra controllers and/or two extra games. This is a deal that is open in Canada, but I don't know if US stores will be doing something similar. Any truth on that front?

[Mangar]

http://makeadecisiondamnyou.ytmnd.com/

This link sums up my views on the subject

[Mangar]

http://makeadecisiondamnyou.ytmnd.com/

This link sums up my views on the subject.

[Garry Silljo]

http://makeadecisiondamnyou.ytmnd.com/

This link sums up my views on the subject.

My thoughts exactly.

[business]

Consumer whores, start those engines!

http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/07/wii-retail-details-markup-and-endcaps/

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/10/wii_store_04.jpg

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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/10/wii_store_01.jpg

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/10/wii_store_12.jpg

[Garry Silljo]

Consumer whores, start those engines!


Ugh, I don't buy into any of that. I guess I'm glad it's there for those who like it, but stuff such is this and the 360 face plates are the truly unnecessary costs of systems. As long as it's optional though I guess it has it's place.

[business]

Consumer whores, start those engines!


Ugh, I don't buy into any of that. I guess I'm glad it's there for those who like it, but stuff such is this and the 360 face plates are the truly unnecessary costs of systems. As long as it's optional though I guess it has it's place.

I enjoy a few of the face plates for the 360. Sadly, the ones I like run in into the hundreds of dollars.

That being said, these Wii accessories are stretching the term "accessory" to a whole new level. I mean, Wii dog tags? What in the fucking hell?

[Richter]

a benefit to them remote gloves is that you can have a certain color for player2, etc.

[Daniel Thomas]

Yeah, that is a good idea. I hadn't thought of that. Until Nintendo releases their multicolored Wiimotes, this is the only option.

[ubersaurus]

I wonder if the wii will use the same av cable as the cube?

[Icarus Moonsight]

I certainly hope so. I got an S-Vid cable that works with my SNES, N64, and the Cube (all the same connection type). Would be nice to use the same cable for a sixth system. The free bump to S-Vid would be a definate perk. Maybe the component cable will be the same one as the cube had as well. :hmm:

[secretvampire]

It has been confirmed that the Wii cannot use the older A/V cables. Sorry!

[darkangel]

I already have one bought and paid for on reserve for launch date :)

[geneshifter]

I just love when Nintendo releases a new console. Reminds me of when I was 12 and getting my NES system.

I can't wait for Christmas when my wife and I surprise my nieces and nephews with 2 Wii systems. Their faces will look like this: @_@ :eek 2:

[FantasiaWHT]

Does the Wii have any place to put GC memory cards? Gonna suck if I have to start over on all my backwards compatible GC games.

[Mayhem]

Does the Wii have any place to put GC memory cards? Gonna suck if I have to start over on all my backwards compatible GC games.

Yes, they are under the flap with the Cube controller ports.

[FantasiaWHT]

Does the Wii have any place to put GC memory cards? Gonna suck if I have to start over on all my backwards compatible GC games.

Yes, they are under the flap with the Cube controller ports.

*breathes a sigh of relief*

Whew! Thanks!

[koster]

I can't wait for Christmas when my wife and I surprise my nieces and nephews with 2 Wii systems. Their faces will look like this: @_@ :eek 2:
Have their parents videotape the kids opening those presents, so they can auction them off
on Ebay years down the line as 'the Wii kids'. :)

[jajaja]

Turns out the sensorbar is bigger than expected.

http://home.comcast.net/~kingmoogle/dssensorjn6.jpg

[Richter]

look at the bar compared to the plug size
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Wiisensor.jpg

http://www.revogamers.net/Imag/Wiimadrid/barrita_Personalizado.jpg

[Slate]

Does the Wii have any place to put GC memory cards? Gonna suck if I have to start over on all my backwards compatible GC games.

Yes, they are under the flap with the Cube controller ports.

Nintendo sure keeps their buyers happy.