History Says Nintendo Wii for $199

Looking back at the history of Nintendo, you can see that every video game console which they released was priced at $199. Even when the PlayStation, PS2 and XBOX came out at $299, Nintendo kept their launch price at $199.

It is probably safe to assume that Nintendo will keep the same price strategy for Nintendo Wii, and analysts seem to agree. Nintendo has lost a great deal of market share over the past few years, especially with the GameCube. However, with the release of Nintendo Wii, they have a chance to win back some of this market share, and the pricing of the console is probably going to be on of their biggest strategies. With the lower end XBOX 360 and PS3 systems starting at $299 and $499 respectively, a price of $199 will drive a lot of sales for Nintendo.

You Jinxed it now it will be $250. lol thats cool hopefully it will be that or lower. Ya know whats really crazy is if you bought every console with the bonus packs that are a hundered dollars more it comes out to... over 1,200!!! thats not even including the 60 dollar games and sales tax! WTF thats going to take a long time to save up i better start now lol.

lol feel lucky u arent in new zealand mate
think how bad i felt when i see the price for the ps3 $1,200 nz xD
ah well i cant wait for a wii

are you serious, then america has no right to bitch

A $200 dollar price tag is good for me... beats the crap out of paying $500-$600 for the PS3. Im going to get my PS3 first however, and then the wii right after that if the price is seriously that low.

Well your curency is different because 1,200 is alot to spend on games alone. At least for americans. We still need money to eat lol.

lol i know xD stupid country

1200 Australian dollars.. is more like 800 dollars...

so its not tooo drastic... but still gives me less to complain about

The Wii will definately get a lot of sales it it releases at 199 USD.