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Pre-order Wii for 149.99! First firm indication of Wii price

by Steven Williamson on 5 July 2006, 13:15

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Eagle-eyed HEXUS forum member, Choo Choo, has spotted the Wii console for pre-order at the online superstore Shopto.net, for the princely sum of £149.99 and a release date of 15th October.

At E3, Sega hinted that Wii would retail at approximately $200, so a £149.99 price is slightly steeper than expected, but still way cheaper than both Sony and Microsoft's next-gen consoles. Are Shopto.net guessing? Or have they let the cat of the bag before Nintendo have had a chance to announce the price?

With games like Wii Tennis, Super Mario Galaxy, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption all receiving strong praise across the board from E3 attendees, Nintendo's console should fly off the shelf.

Incidently. Wii games are expected to retail at between £30-£50 in the U.K, this will vary depending on the title.

The figure indicated on this retail website does not necessarily mean that the price is finalised. We'll need to wait for official confirmation from Nintendo.

Source : Shoptonet


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Incidently. Wii games are expected to retail at between £40-£50 in the U.K.

I thought they would come in at 30/35
David
Incidently. Wii games are expected to retail at between £40-£50 in the U.K.

I thought they would come in at 30/35

Yeah, it's a bit ambigious because of the range of titles.

The likes of Zelda are expected to retail at around £40-50, but re-vamped titles and some first party games may retail at £30-£40.

Special editions will be the highest priced games.

I've now amended the price range so people don't think all games are going to be really expensive.:)
Can we make this Wii pre-order thread?
David
Incidently. Wii games are expected to retail at between £40-£50 in the U.K.

I thought they would come in at 30/35


It will be a bit overpriced games for Wii, as we see for XBOX360 around 45£ and 50£. I was expecting Wii games be around 30£ :(
David
Incidently. Wii games are expected to retail at between £40-£50 in the U.K.

I thought they would come in at 30/35


I guess they need to make some money, I expect that it costs lots more to make the console than £150.