The Nintendo Wii international press conferences thread

[Advocate]

I'm more excited about Wii, too. But none of the systems have anything exclusive that makes me want to buy them. I hope Nintendo brings out a "core system" for $199 soon.

I originally heard Wii would have DVD playback if you bought some $20 attachment. If they've dropped that, no biggie. DVD players are dime-a-dozen.

I have one still in a box sitting behind a chair. I use my home theater and xbox for dvd viewing.

[sethsez]

I hope Nintendo brings out a "core system" for $199 soon.

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw one by February-March.

[Tommy Tallarico]

OH MY GOD NINTENDO IS FUCKING US AGAIN

I don't see where anyone did this.

[Hero]

Yes, and the $400 and $600 systems pack a hell of alot more tech in them than the Wii does.

Too bad the tech isn't what you play - those are just ways to further an already great game. Icing on the cake and whatnot.

You think Nintendo is taking a loss on the Wii? I sure don't. They should be though.

Since when is a company obligated to lose money on a product? To satisfy some obtuse idea of pragmatic design? Sony and MS may lose money now, but the concept is to do so and make money later. Nintendo doesn't think this way and I don't see either approach as being better than the other - just different.

Regardless of expectations I'm not paying $250 for a GC with minor upgrades and a motion sensing controller. It's bullshit. And I was genuinely excited about the Wii.

Then don't buy it - and no you weren't genuinely excited. The system has from day 1 been touted as "GameCube 2" in visuals so if you were genuinely excited, you would've been even with knowing this. And I don't think adding a 50 dollar bump to the price tag could somehow quell genuine excitement. But that's fine - just don't buy the damn thing and stop being so sore and loud about the fact that you aren't.

I mean, you still could, no skin off my nose, but it might make you feel better as an individual in the long run.

[Tommy Tallarico]

Two things completely unsurprising in this thread:

1) Discussion on Nintendo making money, as if that has any relevance to anyone here.

2) Hero coming back to use a thousand words to say "I love Nintendo."

[Finch]

Wii Sports looks nice, everybodyshutupthatdoesn'tthinkso.

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3) omfgninjas bitching

[Drewbacca]

$250 is a respectable price point. Considering the fact that the DS is still going for about $130, they needed to price their actual console a little higher. I am also glad that this is coming with Wii sports....this news is all very good so far

It's the only pricetag that's low enough to be competitive without having a "cheap" vibe about it.

The price structuring for the virtual console is shit. They must have had one of their sales and marketing team members draft up a bunch of shit pie charts or something because 5 - 10 bucks for a classic game is overpriced.

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This sounds exactly like the DS. It comes out overpriced, still sells out at launch, and after a price drop/ release of a big casual name become huge. Deja vu

It's the only pricetag that's low enough to be competitive without having a "cheap" vibe about it.

The price structuring for the virtual console is shit. They must have had one of their sales and marketing team members draft up a bunch of shit pie charts or something because 5 - 10 bucks for a classic game is overpriced.

This is true.

[Tommy Tallarico]

It's the only pricetag that's low enough to be competitive without having a "cheap" vibe about it.

The price structuring for the virtual console is shit. They must have had one of their sales and marketing team members draft up a bunch of shit pie charts or something because 5 - 10 bucks for a classic game is overpriced.

I remember when jonas asked how they would sell shit like Chrono Trigger for cheap on the Virtual Console because it's a rare game.

I loled.