QuoteNintendo has revealed its next-generation console, the Wii, will retail in the US for $250 or less, and no more than Ã,Â¥25,000 ($220/Ã,£119/?174) in Japan. It also expects to have shipped more than 6m of the machines by March 2007, the company said today.

Thats as many machines as the total number of PlayStation 3 consoles Sony is expecting to ship in the same period. Sonys box is more than twice the price of the Wii. Both Sony and Microsoft have suggested consumers will buy a Wii alongside each companys more advanced console because the Nintendo machine is relatively so cheap.

Sweet, Just over Ã,£100!

Makes the DS seem expensive!
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/05/25/nintendo_wii_pricing_revealed/

I know for a fact at that price Ill be getting one, and itll be my first console purchase since the SNES. If Nintendo keep marketing the way they are and keep the prices low I can see them attracting a lot of sales.

Yeha me 3

I think Ill be braving to get one of these at launch, with zelda and Mario Galaxy

Yeah also will be getting one, want an original controller and a Wii controller With zelda

When the next gen was first anounced and info came out i thought Nintendo were in trouble.

360 was all looking good from start to finish.

Nintendo lost out on hardware and you all know how i have felt about how nintendo have been and still are really caught in their ways on the old kiddie front.

Sony looked strong but are going down hill for me. Ripping off the other guys on their controler in such a blatent way, Ripping off xbox live in an obvious way, ripping off the 360 interface in a big way, Hardware issues, lack of games and play time and cost is just shocking for them.
They should not have the issues they do with the hardware and they should not be ripping of people, they are sony for heavens sake.
The console will be cool, of course it will but I dont think it will be doing well as well as Sony think it will.


360 will be strong and sell well and has been out a while which helps but come November time when the PS3 and Nintendo Wii Comes out i Honestly now have the change of opinion that the Wii Will WTF Own The PS3. The way you play, the games, the price just looks really cool, i am tempted to buy one and i cant use my right and to well, but i think i coulsd still play alot of games and My parents would play it.
Sony have disapointed may on so many levels.

Fan boys aside Xmas time it will boil down to bang for buck, Parents for example will be more willing to get a Wii due to the sheer cost of the PS3.
Anyone out there who does not really have the cash will be drawn to the way you play the Wii and such a price you cant say no.

I dont know, I thought Nintendo would die with this console but i Think they will be alive and kicking now.
MS have learnt a lot and offered a good console.
The PS3 will be good but i just dont know i dont think it will do well for a long while untill the time for the price to drop a lot occurs.

I dont know what the score will be, i cant say it will go:

1. 360
2. Wii
3. PS3

But i think we can all agree that it wont be:

1. PS3
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2. 360
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3 Wii


I think it will be very much an open market with Wii and 360 just ahead.

Ill be pre-ordering one of those then :mrgreen:

Brilliant news... cheaper than a PSP

Was expecting cheap but not this cheap. Going to be great

Guys, it will be cheap, but it wont be that cheap:

Direct conversion means it will be about Ã,£100 but the BBC are saying Ã,£133
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5016838.stm
But i bet it will be Ã,£149.99
Still cheap, but not as cheap as it should be, but hey, long With rip off Britain

I was excepting it to rise in price once it managed to get here... and Ã,£150 looks about right. Still can by 3 of them for the price of a PS3

Quote from: DoomsI was excepting it to rise in price once it managed to get here... and Ã,£150 looks about right. Still can by 3 of them for the price of a PS3

And you can see more people playing and having a laugh with a wii console when you have a bash over a ps3.

One thing concerns me though:

I would be worried playing tennis with any of you lot, you just may get bashed around the head with a wii controler as Dooms tries and do a cross court smash.

ouch, thats gonna sting.  Itll prolly go for Ã,£149.99.  If so im having one as soon as possible.  Already spoke to the dude at the local GAME who has agreed to give me a ring when he gets the pre-order list.  

I bet Ã,£179.  It is Nintendo.  

Quote from: Deaths HeadI bet Ã,£179.  It is Nintendo.  

Hope not, that goes a bit to high, will see.

Your avatar aint working mate by the way.

I would imagine Ã,£150 also.

His avatar is fine.