Nintendo Wii should retail for $199 only

***wraggster*** · October 3rd, 2006, 22:19

Via IGN

So I'll tell you exactly what I told both Perrin Kaplan and Reggie Fils-Aime when they asked me the same question, which is, I believe Wii is $50 too expensive and three weeks too late.

As a gamer, I want Wii to sell for $200 for a number of reasons. It has about one tenth the processing prowess and one fifth the RAM of, say Xbox 360, and it also lacks a true hard drive. It doesn't play DVDs. It doesn't play music CDs. Yes, you read that correctly and yes, it's true. In fact, in many ways, it could be called a turbo-charged GameCube. So why the $249 price point?

Well, there are certainly reasons for it. It's easy to shrug off Wii as the least powerful of the three consoles, but consider what Nintendo has done. Wii is roughly half the size of GameCube and it still packs twice the power. It has roughly double the processing prowess, approximately double the RAM, an additional 512MBs of useable flash memory, built in 802.11b/g wireless capabilities and a full docking station for GameCube controllers. The console is backward compatible, in fact, with every GCN title ever made. And I haven't even mentioned its Wii Channels system or, most importantly, the Wii controller, which could represent one of the biggest hardware innovations the industry has seen in years.

**philr359** · October 3rd, 2006, 22:53

the Wii controller, which could represent one of the biggest hardware innovations the industry has seen in years.

it should say:
the Wii controller, which is the biggest hardware innovation the industry has seen in years

**acn010** · October 3rd, 2006, 22:56

meh.........

**the_eternal_dark** · October 3rd, 2006, 23:31

Originally Posted by wraggster

Via IGN

So I'll tell you exactly what I told both Perrin Kaplan and Reggie Fils-Aime when they asked me the same question, which is, I believe Wii is $50 too expensive and three weeks too late.

As a gamer, I want Wii to sell for $200 for a number of reasons. It has about one tenth the processing prowess and one fifth the RAM of, say Xbox 360, and it also lacks a true hard drive. It doesn't play DVDs. It doesn't play music CDs. Yes, you read that correctly and yes, it's true. In fact, in many ways, it could be called a turbo-charged GameCube. So why the $249 price point?

Well, there are certainly reasons for it. It's easy to shrug off Wii as the least powerful of the three consoles, but consider what Nintendo has done. Wii is roughly half the size of GameCube and it still packs twice the power. It has roughly double the processing prowess, approximately double the RAM, an additional 512MBs of useable flash memory, built in 802.11b/g wireless capabilities and a full docking station for GameCube controllers. The console is backward compatible, in fact, with every GCN title ever made. And I haven't even mentioned its Wii Channels system or, most importantly, the Wii controller, which could represent one of the biggest hardware innovations the industry has seen in years.

I'm still wondering if anyone will ever get that POWER IS NOT EVERYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO HOME CONSOLES! The Wii is still cheaper than the 360 or the PS3 even at $250. Who needs another DVD player anyway, by my count I think I have 5 or so. I'm glad that Nintendo doesn't need to add multimedia functions to make their games better (none of the other systems NEED it either). The PS3 will be the worst selling console of this generation, Xbox360 will be second, and Wii will be first.

Wii will own the next gen, hell, I'd even pay $300 on release day to have one.

**Kramer** · October 3rd, 2006, 23:36

Yeah im happy with the price I sure dont need another DVD player already got 3 in the house

**Miria** · October 4th, 2006, 00:03

Yeah I got four DVDs in my house... just wondering... Does the wii have any like sound output thingys.. yes that red and white wire thing to connect to stereos and other stuff.