Wii: oops. YOU FUCKED UP SLIMSCANE!!! >O

[slimscane]

$250 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20060526/bs_nf/43564)

I am dissapointed :( However, it would be a different story considering if it was packaged with some extra stuff, maybe another wii-mote, maybe a retro controller, maybe a game or two. But still, the price kinda sucks, I wanted $150, now it is only $50 cheaper than the core 360.

[Hylian]

its not $250, they said it wouldn't EXCEED $250. nintendo hasn't announced the official price yet

besides, if it is, its still very cheap

[Neji]

thats cheap compared to all the others, but i think it'll end up more expensive due to pakages, remotes and other accessories

[Kira Yamato]

I had a feeling that it would be bewteen $200-$250. I couldn't possibly see how the system could be $150 right out of the gate. It's still going to be much lighter on the pocket, especially since I went through the whole fiasco with my 360.

[Ssj3_Goku]

This is not the Offical USA price nintendo has not confirmed anything yet for the American price. This is still the information that was present before that nintendo said it would not Exceed 250 dollars and will be no more than 25,000 yen.

[Qwarky]

$250 is still good, at least most people can actually afford something like that right off the launch date. Or you can be like me and have my parents buy their 16 year old kid the system for Christmas =X

[BakaKage]

$250 is ok, I didn't really get my hopes up for a below $200 price tag. My only hope now, is that the games stay the same price.

[Ssj3_Goku]

This is not the Offical Price for the American Wii :/

[Jack Bauer]

Wow you got you news from Yahoo XDDD

Anyway it's not the official price like everybody else said.

[Chemistry]

Official is that it won't exceed 25,000 yen. Which means the price cannot be higher than $225USD.

[FinalDragon13]

That can't be true, it's gonna cost 200 dollars.... I guarantee it!!!!! only 200 no more no less.

[Portaljacker]

THIS REALLY ISN'T THE OFFICIAL PRICE IT'S THE OFFICIAL PRICE LIMIT!

[Kaki]

Wii dose not interest me unless it comes with my PS3.....

Holy shit thats very rhymeish!! yeaaaa

[slimscane]

The article sure makes it sound like it is the actual price, but hopefully it is wrongly worded.

D-T, no, haha, I get my news from Digg and Slashdot. Noir, it isn't going to exceed 25000 yen in Japan, you can't just convert it and say it is going to be the same for US.

[crazymtf]

250 isn't bad even if it was the offical price...it's pretty good.

[Chemistry]

Noir, it isn't going to exceed 25000 yen in Japan, you can't just convert it and say it is going to be the same for US.

I do what I want.

[OniTasku]

$250 is cheap considering this is a next-gen console. XD

Whatever the price will be, I'm sure the Wii will be a moderate price. :amuse

[Neon]

its not $250, they said it wouldn't EXCEED $250. nintendo hasn't announced the official price yet

besides, if it is, its still very cheap

It could very well still be 199:amuse

I think right now pricing comes down to what they include.

I want one pointer and one nunchuck for 199:amuse

[Ssj3_Goku]

199.99 to play with a someones Wii is pretty expensive i have to say .


:lmao

[narutosimpson]

250 sounds about right, SNES cost 200 when it came out...with mario though

[Ssj3_Goku]

NAruto simpson all nintendo Consoles cost 199.99 USD here in the states.

[The Sandwich Prince]

I can't believe people would be bitching about $250 (Yes, I know it isn't official) in an age where consoles are a base price of $300+.

The thing is going to be cheap. Maybe not by your standards, but it will be.

[slimscane]

I do what I want.
hahaha, fair enough :laugh

Yahoo is probably wrong, I mean, they are just Yahoo, but they say $250 is the price.

[Airgrinder]

Its not official price, and even if it was the price, its still very cheap, including accesories and all

[crazymtf]

Yeah cheap little piece of wii :)

[narutosimpson]

200 for the SNES is 199x dollars, if u know inflation and crap you would know the Wii is probably the same price as the SNES then :oh

[Yoshitsune]

it's not official

....but watch the price be 249.99 :) that penny makes the difference

[Chemistry]

I'm seriously down that it's gonna be $250 though. I highly doubt it would affect sales though.

You know Nintendo and their super early price drops...

[Kduff]

Come on people, you get one little article from YAHOO and you think it's the absolute truth? I haven't seen any mention of this on any other GAMING site, so until I do, the Wii's price is still up in the air.

It's Yahoo, and they're the only ones reporting this... doesn't that give you a clue?

It may indeed be $250, but it is not confirmed by any means. Once IGN, Gamespot, EGM, and a few other gaming sites say it's $250, then I'll believe it's $250.

[BladeofTheChad]

thats cheap compared to all the others, but i think it'll end up more expensive due to pakages, remotes and other accessories
only 50 bucks cheaper compared to the 360...

[Shika-Chou]

Well the source isnt official. I'd like nintendo to announce it themselves. Then again 250 isnt that bad anyway, though it would be nice if it was an even $200.

[slimscane]

Come on people, you get one little article from YAHOO and you think it's the absolute truth? I haven't seen any mention of this on any other GAMING site, so until I do, the Wii's price is still up in the air.

It's Yahoo, and they're the only ones reporting this... doesn't that give you a clue?

It may indeed be $250, but it is not confirmed by any means. Once IGN, Gamespot, EGM, and a few other gaming sites say it's $250, then I'll believe it's $250.
edit, I did some back research and the yahoo article is from http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=13200003F92O which was derived from the nintendo announcement that we all know (http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=9648) that just says the price limit. Phew, I am kind of relieved, even though it could turn out to be true. Sorry for yahoo being lame guys.

[shizuru]

gamespot wii price info (http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6151827.html?sid=6151827) this will help out for all :)

[CrazyMoronX]

"Would not exceed 250" = 249.99.

This is my prediction.

[Neon]

Good news, some japanese websites started listing the price and they put if at about 160 U.S. so the way this usually work that would be 150 U.S. here.

This isn't confirmed by nintendo yet, but its a good sign:amuse

[Kagutsuchi]

"Would not exceed 250" = 249.99.

This is my prediction.

lol true .

[Brandt]

$250 USD doesn't sound bad at all. My PSP and Memory Card cost me more. :P I'll manage with that price; it sounds pretty reasonable.

[Scared Link]

I don't know what you lot are bitching about. It's only gonna be around £120-160 around here. That's pretty cheap for a next-gen console, wouldn't you say?

[Black Mage]

I don't know what you lot are bitching about. It's only gonna be around £120-160 around here. That's pretty cheap for a next-gen console, wouldn't you say?


(its not next generation)

And it doesn't matter if it's $250 or $400 because the NES fanboys will still buy it

And with the rumored 360 price drop later this year
it's going to be

Wii = $250
360 = $300 (premium one)

And I'm pretty sure ppl are willing to shell out an extra $50 for a way better system

[Sieg]

And it doesn't matter if it's $250 or $400 because the NES fanboys will still buy it

Same thing for the PS3.

[Ssj3_Goku]

The Wii is Next Generation. acculy New Generation i should say. Do not say it is not because of the less graphics compared to the 360 and Ps3. The Wii's graphics are more powerful than Xbox so yes in terms of graphics as well it is next gen.

[Onbu]

^^WRONG! NES fanboys will not buy PS3!

[Personal Jesus]

Official or not, that $250 price tag is beautiful.

[Scared Link]

He meant PS3 fanboys.

[Gunners]

Dam so people are cheap, $250 and you would be vex, i will never understand Americans.

[Black Mage]

^I agree with you there

the $600 price tag is killer but it's actually worth it

while $250 for the Wii is not worth it

what do you get for $250???
the console which is about $100 and a control thats about $20

[Gunners]

^I agree with you there

the $600 price tag is killer but it's actually worth it

while $250 for the Wii is not worth it

what do you get for $250???
the console which is about $100 and a control thats about $20


You are possibly the person included in my post :laugh
The $250 is a low price, i don't understand where you get off calling it expensive and calling the ps3 worth it, granted i will get a ps3, your logic is still failed.

[Sieg]

Good price = fail

$600+ = Win

:/

[Ssj3_Goku]

so yes the system \is more powerful than the Xbox so the yea the system can go as low as 99 bucks but the control is not 20 bucks lol i highly doubt that.

250 is not the offical price but if it was 250 is not mainstream and nintendo is smarter than you think. they allways priced systems lower than competitors and allways thinking about the consumer with there prices that is why you never seen american prices go above 199.99 for nintendo consoles.


600 is worth it? maybe to a hardcore gamer that cares about blueray and what not but for a average gamer person who just wants to play FF or the next metal gear and can give 2 shits about blue ray and all the specs he would say " screw that 600 is crazy" but of course alot of ppl on this forum do not realize that and call ppl "cheap" "go out and work more" or simply do not live on there own yet or just live with there moms and dads and can afford anything they like :/


PS3 has great SPEcs and what not and i will get one but not till 2 or so years after the launch. I used to be a hardcore gamer back in high school but now i am just an average gamer anymore and 600 is way to much.

[narutosimpson]

neo geo neo geo neo geo....sony is walking a dangerous road

[Gunners]

600 is worth it? maybe to a hardcore gamer that care about blueray. but for a person who just wants to play FF or the next metal gear and can give 2 shits about blue ray and all the specs he would say " screw that 600 is crazy" but of course alot of ppl on this forum do not realize that and call ppl "cheap" "go out and work more" or simply do not live on there own yet or just live with there moms and dads and can afford anything they like :/
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You can't call the ps3 cheap either considering what you are getting with the system, it is out of my price range, sweet as honey, sony are charging to much for shit, dry like coal.

If you call the Wii expensive at $250 i will stop replying to you.

[Ssj3_Goku]

If you do not realize what nintendo aim is. Nintendo goal is to get players who DO not play games and ppl who left gaming ( kduffs post explains this, ign talks about this at there latest roundtable etc) , Mainstream. 149.99 price for a mainstream audeince is great mainstream will go all over that price. but 249.99 they will think twice.

in my eyes 249.99 is cheap compared to the competiors but i am looking at a Mainstream point of veiw and they would not think 249.99 for a gaming machine is cheap. These are the ppl nintendo is going for the same ppl who play Brain age etc.

[narutosimpson]

i don't think they should go to low, the price will fall over the next few years anyway. If it's too low we may get underpowered techonology to compensate

[Gunners]

in my eyes 249.99 is cheap compared to the competiors but i am looking at a Mainstream point of veiw and they would not think 249.99 for a gaming machine is cheap. These are the ppl nintendo is going for the same ppl who play Brain age etc.

$250 equates to around £120, i know in the uk the wii would sell well at £150, any lower and it wouldn't make much of a diffrence.

I can not understand someone who would spend $600 on a console calling another console expensive at $250.

[Ssj3_Goku]

you toatally missed my point gunners. :/ will you see mainstream ppl going out and spending 600 on a console? no these ppl do not play games and if its to expensive they will not buy it what so ever.

basically ppl like your Mom ppl who do not play games and ppl who left gaming. i am saying its expensive in that sense . but as a gamer it is not expensive at all but really cheap.

[Gunners]

you toatally missed my point gunners. :/ will you see mainstream ppl going out and spending 600 on a console? no these ppl do not play games and if its to expensive they will not buy it what so ever.

basically ppl like your Mom ppl who do not play games and ppl who left gaming. i am saying its expensive in that sense . but as a gamer it is not expensive at all but really cheap.


That last post was not directed at you, it was directed at the person with a magician in his photo, though part of it was.

Im saying $250 though it will be lower is still cheap enough to attract non mainstream gamers, people who want interest in game would go to the cheapest out there.

[Ssj3_Goku]

ah my bad i seen you quoted me that was all. Well off to play CSS!

[crazymtf]

Can i set this stright now. Nintendo is great, no i mean really it's doing great now and my blind fanboy friends open your eyes. DS is selling great and you can't denine that. Gamecube = failure. DS = Success big time...I seriously think Nintendo will come back from shitty console line with the Wii though i think it is "Overhyped" it still looks like a nice console to own. But enough with this mainstream crap.

DS is a handheld and most people who bought it are already in video games or some kind of technology. Were not going to get my mom to pick up a video game because she has no intrest with the rest of her workers. So i doubt the Wii will change that. Maybe it'll bring back gamers who were bored and that's great. Maybe it'll get Nintendo back on a stright road with the consoles. I pray for the succes of the system and if it outsells gamecube i'll clap and be happy that it succeded. But for real enough with this mainstream shit, it aint going to get anyone that aint intrested in gaming or tech. already. You can't sit there on your fat/lazy/skinny/dumb/whatever ass and tell me that because it's not true. Now i'ma enjoy my system and sit back while the rest of you should do the same and stop with the arguement. :)

[Black Mage]

I wasn't complaining that $250 is alot

I was saying that $250 is cheap for a system

while other ppl on this thread are complaining about $250 being a lot of money

[Mizura]

Actually where mainstream is concerned... it might be a bad move for the Wii to start off too cheap. It "cheapens the product" in the eyes of some. Look at the Gamecube: better specs than then PS2, cheaper, but it was still considered an inferior product. Precisely because the competition is so expensive, the Wii shouldn't start off Too cheap either.

This is even more true because it is using a new concept/technology so to say. People might raise an eyebrow at first and wonder how well it works. If it's too cheap, people Just might think that it's a crap product.

[Scared Link]

Dude, watch the Nintendo E3 conference. That's where Goku gets all his powerful quotes from...

[crazymtf]

Guessing my post was overrlooked :(

[Ssj3_Goku]

Actually where mainstream is concerned... it might be a bad move for the Wii to start off too cheap. It "cheapens the product" in the eyes of some. Look at the Gamecube: better specs than then PS2, cheaper, but it was still considered an inferior product. Precisely because the competition is so expensive, the Wii shouldn't start off Too cheap either.

This is even more true because it is using a new concept/technology so to say. People might raise an eyebrow at first and wonder how well it works. If it's too cheap, people Just might think that it's a crap product.


True but how you put the GC and PS2 together its about the games there not the price.

to cheap is 100. just right is 149.99 good is 199.99 anything above that nintendo would be breaking there tradition.

[crazymtf]

Dude, watch the Nintendo E3 conference. That's where Goku gets all his powerful quotes from...

Who was talking about Quotes? What does that matter? His quotes are nothing but "Believe = playing" Or some shit like that. How does that justify a "Powerful" Quote.

[Black Mage]

True but how you put the GC and PS2 together its about the games there not the price.

to cheap is 100. just right is 149.99 good is 199.99 anything above that nintendo would be breaking there tradition.


When it comes to business screw tradition

It'll be $250 for 2 reasons

1. Thats as high as they can go before reaching core 360 price
(NES doesn't want competition if they cost the same)
2. Because they'll be making a hell of alot more money selling at $250 instead of $150 and ppl will still buy it for being the "cheapest" system out

[DBZthenNaruto2]

NAruto simpson all nintendo Consoles cost 199.99 USD here in the states.

actually man... the wii hasn't been announced of it's price i checked

[Ssj3_Goku]

i know DBZthennaruto2 :/ i was simply stating that all nintendo consoles up to this point have been 199.99 nintendo has allways been smart on the price point of there systems and i do not think that will change with Wii.

[Black Mage]

Just because NES hasn't sold a console over $200 doesn't mean they'll start now??????

it's not a tradition!!!
why would they say it wouldn't be over $250???
if they wanted to keep with tradition they would've said $200

[hakke]

Nintendo did say they dont intent to compete with 360/ps3... and as fanboyish as Black mage can be, he is right... 250 is way to close to the 360 core price, which will most probably get a price drop before the Wii/ps3 launch.

so yes, 250 is cheap... but with how things are right now, its not a good launch price... and if by any chance gets that price... it HAS to include 2 Wiimotes and Wii sports.

The reason nintendo hasn't announced the price, its just to create speculation and to have something big to reveal at TGS in september... simple as that.

[slimscane]

Well, it doesn't have to do anything. I think that $250 is too much, although I would probably still buy one if it does turn out to be that. Wii will sell out at launch regardless of whether it is $200 or $250, however, I am going with SSJ on this one, Nintendo is not stupid, and $250 is too much to set itself appart from the competitors in the long run.

Also, thank you for changing my title (chamcham, I suppose? edit: or Mecha-Kisame), it is much more acurate now :sweat

[Yoshitsune]

PS3 has great SPEcs and what not and i will get one but not till 2 or so years after the launch. I used to be a hardcore gamer back in high school but now i am just an average gamer anymore and 600 is way to much.

Words of wisdom

Though the wii's graphics won't suck, look at Super Mario 64, everyone tried to copy its style and its gameplay, but the graphics were easily surpassed by newer games on the PS1 because they were on discs and not on cartridges. Nintendo always sets the basis for something new and fun.

[Jin]

$250 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20060526/bs_nf/43564)

I am dissapointed :( However, it would be a different story considering if it was packaged with some extra stuff, maybe another wii-mote, maybe a retro controller, maybe a game or two. But still, the price kinda sucks, I wanted $150, now it is only $50 cheaper than the core 360.


Im sorry friend. But if you dont think $250 is cheap. You need to start making more money mate.

Well, it doesn't have to do anything. I think that $250 is too much, although I would probably still buy one if it does turn out to be that. Wii will sell out at launch regardless of whether it is $200 or $250, however, I am going with SSJ on this one, Nintendo is not stupid, and $250 is too much to set itself appart from the competitors in the long run.


I dont think 250 is that much at all. But i plan to get a PS3. On LD if i can. But anyways, To most hardcore gamers 250 is not that much at all for what your getting from the Wii. ANd thats game play game play game play. THats what the Wii is all about. Well that and the Wii wants to appeal to everyone. Gamer and non gamer alike. Now this is where 250 may very well be to much. But you also have to think about hardware prices now. Most HD-Tv's are 900 plus (a good size one anyways). You have HD-DVD players around 400, Blu-Ray around 800. Things are no longer cheap these days. So in the grand scale of things 250 isnt that bad. Now is it cheap for non gamers to want and by it. Most likely not. But then again there not going to buy the hardware anyways. They will buy the software. And most likely only 2 or 3 games. But even if thats all. Nintendo is have done what they set out to do.

[Yoshitsune]

Aren't Ipods around $230? And people Still buy them even if they just play music and videos or photos. But that's the function of the Ipod. And you need to "buy" music to put in it in order to hear anything from it.

So for a game console that doesn't do anything by itself without the use of properly bought games, $250 might seem like a bit much. But then again the PS3 is $600 so....

[Ssj3_Goku]

yosh your right but Nintendo is aiming at a broader audience ppl who do not play games. 199.99 will be a nice price and i doubt nintendo will go any higher than that in the states mark my words. heck quote me if you want i will give you 5 bucks that they will not go above 199.99 ( to the ppl who think the price is going to be 250.00)

[Jin]

Like a side in my above post. None gamers wont buy the hardware. They will buy the software for the Wii. Maybe a control of there own as well.

[Ssj3_Goku]

yes that is true jin but if none gamers think that price is to high they will not.

199.99 or less will be the Wiis price i bet on it.

[RockLee]

Nintendo pulls the same stunt time and again. Hell, N64 was like, 230 until days before launch. Then they dropped to 200. I wouldn't be surprised, especially if they are trying to expand the market.

[Jin]

THats my point none gamers wont buy the system. It will be who ever they live with. Or someone they know that has one already. None gamers will most likely only buy games and controlers. There will only be a few games none gamers would like to start with. Most likely the party games. So really the price of the system wont really matter cause the Gamers and Hardcore Gamers will pay 250 for it.

[slimscane]

Jin, I said I would buy it didn't I? :amuse
All I am saying is for Wii to be competitive in the long run, $250 isn't a good price. This holiday season, when your average consumer, or better yet, little kid, goes into a store and looks at the video games he (or she) will be seeing games like Red Steal playing right next to games like Gears of War. Now, the Wii's graphics may not be bad, and the Wii may not be trying to wow anyone with them, but it is what the consumers see, and with only a $50 difference between Red Steal and Gears of War, what do you think your average american is going to choose? Sure, us gamers might not be effected by the $50 difference between $199.99 and $249.99, but you have to believe the average uneducated casual gamer is.

[RockLee]

Besides, the whole point of the Wii is to be accessible. At a 200 price point at launch, it's damned more accessible than the competition, and the DS is building a reputation for solid, cheap gaming. That's something Nintendo wants associated with themselves and the Wii.

Slimscane, you idiot, starting this off. From now on, you go here:
www.neogaf.com ->forums >|

[Jin]

Jin, I said I would buy it didn't I? :amuse
All I am saying is for Wii to be competitive in the long run, $250 isn't a good price. This holiday season, when your average consumer, or better yet, little kid, goes into a store and looks at the video games he (or she) will be seeing games like Red Steal playing right next to games like Gears of War. Now, the Wii's graphics may not be bad, and the Wii may not be trying to wow anyone with them, but it is what the consumers see, and with only a $50 difference between Red Steal and Gears of War, what do you think your average american is going to choose? Sure, us gamers might not be effected by the $50 difference between $199.99 and $249.99, but you have to believe the average uneducated casual gamer is.


Its not going to be Red Steal vs Gears of War. It will be Legend of Zelda, Mario and Metroid. All with creazy game play. And things you cant do anywhere else. Plus Wii games may only be 50 bucks where 360 and PS3 are 60 bucks. And if your to young you wont be able to buy GoW without your mommy or daddy.

[slimscane]

:doh I know Lee, I was just, well, I don't know why I trusted yahoo for gaming news of any sort to begin with. Oh well, the titles explains it all, :laugh.

Also, about the accessibility, that is what I was thinking, they really have to put some serious distance between them and the other consoles if they want to bring in the non-gaming crowd. The people who don't play games, no matter how friendly the Wii's games are, will not be pulled by a price tag that reads $249.99 in the same way that $199.99 would, if at all.

edit: Jin, how do you suppose the kiosk for Wii will be set up in Walmart?

[RockLee]

Probably with extra heavy duty chains on the remotes.

Also, 199 vs 249. Which sounds nicer to everyone? I will maintain that the price is 199 like most peple maintain that God exists. xD

P.S. I believe in a God, thanks very much.

[slimscane]

So little kids will be swinging around remotes attached to heavy chains in the middle of aisle :laugh? I just don't think most major retailers will have anything playing besides videos (well, SSBB might be playable because it uses a NGC controller, but not any time soon). I think that the only place consumers will be able to test out the Wii will be in specialty stores like EB, Gamestop, maybe rental places, maybe.

[Aman]

No official announcement yet. :oh

[Chamcham Trigger]

Even if this were to be the official price, I still find it really reasonable.

[Vegitto-kun]

So little kids will be swinging around remotes attached to heavy chains in the middle of aisle :laugh? I just don't think most major retailers will have anything playing besides videos (well, SSBB might be playable because it uses a NGC controller, but not any time soon). I think that the only place consumers will be able to test out the Wii will be in specialty stores like EB, Gamestop, maybe rental places, maybe.
Heavy chains? Just uses normal wires like they did at the E3