Wii for November under $250, and it "won't have hidden fees or costs"
By Ryan Block 
posted August 16th 2006 2:25AM
posted August 16th 2006 2:25AM
There you have it folks, if there was even a shred of doubt that Nintendo might pursue the Xbox Live option of levying charges on (at least certain aspects of) online gameplay, the records been set straight by the Regginator after having spoken with USA Today. Reggie Fils-Aime let it be known that the Wii would not pursue subscription services for Wii Connect24 or online gameplay, answering that Nintendo views "online gaming as essentially an enhanced way to enjoy the gaming experience and drive more sales of hardware and software," and that Nintendo "will offer online-enabled games that the consumers will not have to pay a subscription fee for. They'll be able to enjoy that right out of the box. ... It won't have hidden fees or costs." Ok, sounds good to us, but that wasn't all. USA Today also semi-officially confirmed some details: November launch for under $250. It's semi-confirmed because they didn't exactly list a source, but hey, if USA Today sits down with Reggie we'd like to think any details they publish are as good as gold.[Via slashdot]
you all suck, but the Wii looks like fun.
first of all look at the ps3z controller n the 360s ps3= weird 360=not much dif from xbox. the wii is totally dif plus u can't consider the hardware "last-gen" cuz it skulz xbox, ps2 n gamecube n its not even bout that. what it lacks in expensive hd tech it makes in gameplay that ps3 n 360 cant dream bout. in the end waht u see depends on the tv. so if u don't hav hdtv they all look the sam. sos the avg consumer wud say that y shud i pay so much more when wii has better gameplay n looks teh sam on a normal tv. plus 360 n ps3 are specifcally mad for certain types of hd tvz (1068 n 768 pi i think) so from what i no on the other things they don;'t look dif for the other 1 n on most normal tvz they look the sam as the wii. so fer all u ms n ps3 fanboyz go lurn suumthin cuz u gah skulled by a lil 13 yr old
Great :) Paying for multiplayer is the stupidest thing I've ever heard a company suggest.
I think nintendo is really changing the direction of game playing. I am not arguing whether this is a next generation system but it is definitely a "revolutionary" system.
Most of us are starting to forget that we should be "playing" video games, not "watching" or "listening" video games. I think Nintendo is reminding us that video games are meant to be "played" not "watched" or "listened".
If I just want to "watch" or "listen" video games, I can get my PC to beat both XBOX360 or PS3.