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[sprsk]

http://www.famitsu.com/

Can we get updates in here, famitsu is blocked at work.

 

[ronito]

Arg, what is Iwata saying!?!

"I told you I would a bomba zal droppen."

 

[castle007]

Wii also comes with Opera.

 

[Monk]

OMG there are times i cant believe the idiocy of GAF. Seriously is it so hard to wait ONE MORE DAY for the US price.

IMO the perfect price for this system is $230. Unless they are giving a free controller.

 

[Beezy]

IGN updated

http://wii.ign.com/articles/732/732669p1.html

Good Opera news.

 

[acidviper]

So it's $50 bucks more than poeple expected. Who cares about $50. If you can't afford an extra $50 then you shouldn't be buying video game consoles in the first place. The only problem is the price is out of the impulse buy price of the non-gamers they want to entice. I don't see a non-gamer shelling out that much for a video game console.

Besides, you idiots don't have any idea what the console is capable of so you can't say "but it's not worth it". Chill out. And it's certainly not some "599 US dollars" scale of a mistake. What a bunch of whiny bitches some of you are.

For the PS3 at least I know I am getting at least $600 worth of tek in the machine for my $600. But for Nintendo to charge $250 for $100 worth of technology and $150 worth of hype and Apple-like design is a big fack you to the fans.

If you expect something that costs $100 to be $200 at retail, its not wise to kick someone in the nuts for another 25% cost increase.

 

[Shard]

IGN updated

http://wii.ign.com/articles/732/732669p1.html

Even Nintendo could not resist this idea of an "entertainment hub."

 

[Yamauchi]

Can we get updates in here, famitsu is blocked at work.

"任天堂発表会、いよいよスタート。まず同社社長、岩田聡氏が登壇し、ゲーム業界の現状をリポートし、ニンテンドーDSの登場で日本のゲーム市場が据え置き型から携帯型中心に移行したと説明。"

Google goodness:

The nintendo co. concert, more and more start. First same company president, Satoru Iwata did the Noboru platform, present condition of game industry was reported, you explain that the Japanese game market moved to the portable type center from deferred type with appearance of [nintendo] DS.

 

[PkunkFury]

so does Opera and the Wii channel mean WiiConnect24 will be working day 1?

 

[SaggyMonkey]

It's not a bad price, considering it's with a game. If it was 199 and you bought a 49.99 game, well... there you are.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Can we get updates in here, famitsu is blocked at work.

Not a whole lot happening yet.

 

[Ponn]

Eh? Screw that noise. I don't want Wii Sports. $250 for GC Turbo hardware. Waiting for price drop and/or better pack in.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

I remember the SNES having an MSRP of 249.99, with a sirprise price drop to 199.99 on/near launch day.
I remember the N64 having an MSRP of 249.99, with a sirprise price drop to 199.99 on/near launch day.
I remember the GCN having an MSRP of 249.99, with a sirprise price drop to 199.99 on/near launch day.

I do NOT think that will happen again, however. Look at what $200 got you back then. Look what it gets you now. Adjusted for inflation from the SNES days, $250 is a steal.

Those consoles had top of the line or near top of the line power when they launched too. This is budget hardware they are launching with.

I like the idea of online browsing. Too bad the Wii won't support HD though. Browsing at low res will be less fun -still good though that they have it.

 

[Hero]

250.00 with TWO wii-motes, classic controller, and Wii Sports would justify that price tag.

I guess we're going to wait to see what accessories it's bundled with?

 

[mightynine]

For the PS3 at least I know I am getting at least $600 worth of tek in the machine for my $600. But for Nintendo to charge $250 for $100 worth of technology and $150 worth of hype and Apple-like design is a big fack you to the fans.

If you expect something that costs $100 to be $200 at retail, its not wise to kick someone in the nuts for another 25% cost increase.

So only Apple can do that and get away with it?

 

[dairladada]

Another way to browse on my crappy TV.
Gimme cheap and games for f... sake.

 

[StephaneC]

It's not a bad price, considering it's with a game. If it was 199 and you bought a 49.99 game, well... there you are.

it's not a game ... have you played wii sports before ?

 

[Vic]

In a surprise announcement, Nintendo said that it wanted to make Wii a living room centerpiece by shipping the system with features outside of the videogame realm. Wil will include a photo channel, enabling users to display their digital photos through the console. It will also boast regularly updated news and weather channels. In addition, the system will ship with the Opera Web browser, enabling users to connect online.

Christ

 

[JB1981]

It's not a bad price, considering it's with a game. If it was 199 and you bought a 49.99 game, well... there you are.

Bu-bu-but consumers are being forced to buy something they don't want!

Sound familiar ... ?

 

[Beezy]

"任天堂発表会、いよいよスタート。まず同社社長、岩田聡氏が登壇し、ゲーム業界の現状をリポートし、ニンテンドーDSの登場で日本のゲーム市場が据え置き型から携帯型中心に移行したと説明。"

Google goodness:

The nintendo co. concert, more and more start. First same company president, Satoru Iwata did the Noboru platform, present condition of game industry was reported, you explain that the Japanese game market moved to the portable type center from deferred type with appearance of [nintendo] DS.

Lol wtf? Wii = Noboru platform?

 

[ethelred]

it's not a game ... have you played wii sports before ?

Saying something over and over and over and over and ****ing over again doesn't make it true.

 

[Kleegamefan]

OMG there are times i cant believe the idiocy of GAF. Seriously is it so hard to wait ONE MORE DAY for the US price.

IMO the perfect price for this system is $230. Unless they are giving a free controller.

Its $250...get over it....

 

[EBCubs03]

it's not a game ... have you played wii sports before ?

Yeah, duh. Everybody knows it's a book

 

[ant1532]

Not a whole lot happening yet.

that was over 20 minutes ago.

 

[Scalemail Ted]

Wait so we can view weather channels amd surf the web with wii, but the real question is... Have they given the proper tools to allow 3rd parties to make games online yet?

 

[SaggyMonkey]

Wii Sports was one of the best playing Wii titles at E3. The baseball demo was just the thing to get people aquanted with the system. Certainly a better game at training system newbies than some of the more complex ones.

 

[Juice]

Just when you think Nintendo had learned.

The reason GameCube failed wasn't the lack of features, it was the half-assed implementation that had too many competing goals. Creativity and imitating the competition simultaneously didn't work.

So now you have to charge more for your console so it can be a half-assed webTv and photo viewer (and not even in HD??) and you expect people to not bitch?

 

[fse]

Another way to browse on my crappy TV.
Gimme cheap and games for f... sake.

opera has great small screen rendering

 

[fugimax]

People forget that the controller technology was developed in-house and is a complete custom system. The $250 price-tag is to pay for that -- the development and manufacture of non-traditional hardware.

You forget, Nintendo *profits* on their consoles, unlike some other companies.

 

[SuomiDude]

For the PS3 at least I know I am getting at least $600 worth of tek in the machine for my $600. But for Nintendo to charge $250 for $100 worth of technology and $150 worth of hype and Apple-like design is a big fack you to the fans.

If you expect something that costs $100 to be $200 at retail, its not wise to kick someone in the nuts for another 25% cost increase.

Hahahaha, you think Wii costs only 100$ to make?!? :lol .................. The system is well worth 200$ at least.

 

[PantherLotus]

Famitsu for sporsk:

"2006/09/14 (Thursday)
The nintendo co. concert, more and more start. First same company president, Satoru Iwata did the Noboru platform, present condition of game industry was reported, you explain that the Japanese game market moved to the portable type center from deferred type with appearance of [nintendo] DS."

 

[ethelred]

Just when you think Nintendo had learned.

The reason GameCube failed wasn't the lack of features, it was the half-assed implementation that had too many competing goals. Creativity and imitating the competition simultaneously didn't work.

So now you have to charge more for your console so it can be a half-assed webTv and photo viewer (and not even in HD??) and you expect people to not bitch?

Agreed. :/

 

[Epicus.Furor]

For the PS3 at least I know I am getting at least $600 worth of tek in the machine for my $600. But for Nintendo to charge $250 for $100 worth of technology and $150 worth of hype and Apple-like design is a big fack you to the fans.

If you expect something that costs $100 to be $200 at retail, its not wise to kick someone in the nuts for another 25% cost increase.

Wi-Fi, Opera, Virtual Console (NES SNES N64), Wii-Mote Technology, Wii Sports...

 

[polg]

CUT TO THE CHASE IWATA

 

[John Harker]

Does the photo sharing really surprise anyone?



Havent ya seen the Wii's myspace page....?

Pssht, wii're all about community, and sharin' and shit.

 

[civilstrife]

I can't believe they're finally going back on their "games only" approach.
Just a strange move...

 

[StephaneC]

Yeah, duh. Everybody knows it's a book

a demo, just a demo ... or I have a game every month with my issue

 

[Ristamar]

If Wii Sports is packaged with the system, I'll be surprised if it doesn't come with 2 wiimotes (though only one nunchaku).

 

[Ponn]

You forget, Nintendo *profits* on their consoles, unlike some other companies.

Good for their stockholders and them.

 

[dairladada]

There are hundreds of millions PCs and Macs out there that are much better to browse the web. Flash will probably not be supported.
My kids don't give a s...t about browsing on TV but they sure do if I bring more games home.

 

[SaggyMonkey]

I can't believe they're finally going back on their "games only" approach.
Just a strange move...

what's strange? we knew about the opera browser ages ago?

 

[PkunkFury]

a weather and news cahnnel seems kind of useless when I already get a wheather and news channel on cable TV and I can browse news and weather sites on the internet with the Opera browser. I hope they've come up with something more intersting for games...

 

[Matt]

Flash will probably not be supported.

Of course Flash will be supported. Why wouldn’t it be?

 

[Xdrive05]

Is there a live feed?

 

[Terrell]

From IGNWii:

Sony recently announced that it would ready 400,000 PS3s in North America and another 100,000 in Japan for the system's launch. Nintendo said it plans to ship 4 million Wii units worldwide by the end of the year.

I'm sorry, but... even at $250, this is likely to BURY Sony.

 

[ronito]

I can't believe they're finally going back on their "games only" approach.
Just a strange move...

Agreed. Very strange from Nintendo. I've never bought the whole "Ooooh you can share photos and browse the web and play music with this console!" bit. Yeah thanks, I have a computer for that, and so do all my friends and family. Why would I want to do it from a console?

 

[Blablurn]

250$ = 199€ ??

Hope so!

 

[Juice]

Of course Flash will be supported. Why wouldn’t it be?

Because everyone would play Flash games instead of buying VC games.

 

[john tv]

VC prices: Famicom 500 yen, Super Famicom 800 yen, Nintendo 64 1000 yen

EDIT: Can use a credit card or a Wii Points prepaid card

 

[Version 3.0]

Two Wiimotes, excellent. But does that mean two nunchucks? Or one? Or zero?

This is the important question.


...and now I'm off to try and resign myself to no Zelda this year. I just have a feeling.