"Wii Prove Our Promise." Get ready for a revolution.

[boywonder13]

im getting the 360 this week, than im gonna get the Wii like next summer when its cheaper and loads of good games have been released (and I have the money)

 

[Mentok]

Edit.

 

[Tapela]

im getting the 360 this week, than im gonna get the Wii like next summer when its cheaper and loads of good games have been released (and I have the money)

Other way around for me completely. Why would I wait for Nintendo Wii to be cheaper? Its going to be cheap off the shelf, theres no way any price drops will likely happen at all. If they do they'll be for like 20 bucks, not worth it.

Not to mention Nintendo consoles are made out of Nintendium, the most indestructable material known to man. So I don't worry about getting it at launch, warranty is nice too. You can send in a gamecube and get a new one back in 2 days. I could NOT say the same for Xbox (aside from it being so big and square that its bullet proof) with the hardware. The first wave have flaws and the fan is pretty noisy at the moment and will be fixed within a year or something. I'm waiting for that to buy a 360 and a price drop, not to mention waiting on good titles like Mass Effect.

 

[Kipobe]

im getting the 360 this week, than im gonna get the Wii like next summer when its cheaper and loads of good games have been released (and I have the money)

360's price will drop ALOT sooner before Wii's price. The Wii won't have a price drop for maybe two years after launch. Besides, the amount of games that the Wii will have on launch and soon thereafter is more than you'll need at any one time... waiting isn't gonna exactly produce tons more.

Anyway, conference was a bore. Kinda disappointing, but I didn't expect too much from this and wasn't exactly looking forward to it as a big event. TGS next month

 

[TheGrayGhost]

Bump.

 

[Brainiac 8]

why did you bump it, it was close to the top?

 

[Shifty]

GC 2006: Wii Less Than 250 Euros
A European exec sets a price limit and says the launch date is undecided.
by David Adams

August 23, 2006 - Though Nintendo has yet to announce final pricing or release timing for its Wii console, the company has at least committed to an upper limit: Nintendo has said its new system will cost less than $250 in North America and no more than 25,000 yen ($215) in Japan.

While many expected Nintendo to use this week's German Games Convention to announce a final price, the company remained coy. One tidbit did surface, however: according to Reuters, Bernd Fakesch, head of Nintendo's German operations, said he expects the Wii will sell in Europe for less than 250 euros (about $320).

Converted to dollars, the price looks steep, though consoles in Europe are typically more expensive, partly due to taxes. For instance, the Xbox 360 Core System retails for 299 euros, or about $385 - whereas the system is $299 in the States.

Interestingly, Fakesch said that Nintendo had not decided the exact date for the Wii launch, though that would come "in due course." The company hopes to sell 4 million units by the end of the year, and 6 million by March 2007.

wii.ign.com

 

[Brainiac 8]

One cool thing for those who loved the first game was the new Mario Strikers for the Wii. I know several here loved the original for GC.

 

[hippie_hunter]

One cool thing for those who loved the first game was the new Mario Strikers for the Wii. I know several here loved the original for GC.

Except isn't this version a football game instead of a soccer game

 

[Axid]

No, its soccer. They said football because well...its called...football... over there

 

[TheGrayGhost]

Well, while I'm not disappointed, this conference was definitely not what I expected. But I am very excited about Batallion Wars 2 with Wii-mote functionality and online play. I really like the Advance Wars brand, and the first BW was great.

 

[zeptron]

One cool thing for those who loved the first game was the new Mario Strikers for the Wii. I know several here loved the original for GC.

It's cool that that's getting a sequel. Now where's my Mario Baseball 2, Mario Party 8, and Luigi's Mansion 2?