Nintendo Announces Japanese Wii Price

[wraggster]

Nintendo has revealed to Famitsu.com, at the company's recent press conference unveiling its financial results, that Wii would arrive in Japanese stores with a maximum price tag of 25,000 yen. After taking in account various factors, the conversion to other currencies comes down to a launch price of: 225 dollars, 225 euros, and 150 pounds.

Via Slashdot (http://games.slashdot.org/games/06/05/25/1314204.shtml)

[Cooe14]

You gan buy a Wii ($250) and a 360 ($399) for about the same price off a PS3 ($599). That's awesome :) . Sony made a huge mistake in pricing and it's going to kill them.

[psiko_scweek]

Whoo hoo!!! just up my alley for the pricing!

[the one and only]

lol i hate living in nz, not enough people see it as a currency to comment on :P
anyways, new zealanders shall expect to pay $350
yay, i have to save now xD