http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/ Engadget Comments for EA exec: Wii to retail for around $170 US? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
The only problem is that at that price point, you'd have some consumers thinking its "cheap" (in a bad way). I don't see it going for less than $200 though.]]>Aug 22nd 2006 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3153015]]>Aug 22nd 2006 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
- overclocked processors based on old designs
- 512 flash mem
- WiFi
- Wii controller (prob the most $$ component)
- DVD drive
- minimal power supply
- no HD chipset
- no digital video OR audio out

I may pick up a used GC to play ZTP. But, i dont think im all too into Wii.

]]>Aug 22nd 2006 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/ I don't know...it's not impossible. When pops bought me my Game Gear for $150 I'm pretty sure the Genesis was still pulling in $180 to $200 ( for a $30 to $50 difference).
And for the longest time the original gameboy was $99...I don't think the NES could possibly have been more than $150 at that point (cause it too hovered around $100 for quite a while).

Sides, just imagine the final nail in the PS3's coffin that the ad campaign ascociated with such pricing. A simple white poster with these words...

"You could buy a PS3.

Or, you could buy the worlds most innovative video game console (Wii), plus the worlds most graphically powerful gaming machine (Xbox 360), and the worlds most popular portable (DS).

For the SAME price*

What more can Wii say ?"

Or something to that effect (as for the asterisk, some kind of mail in rebate wil be require to get the collective price below $600, but probably for only about $30). And it's true, "most popular handheld" and most "graphically powerful" are subjective (so don't freak and and bombard we with specs/stats), but aside from specific franchises, those three consoles together offer pretty much everything a gamer could want. Not to say the PS3 won't be an enjoyable machine, but you do have more options with the Wii6DS combo. Portable gamplay and access to Live! are significant advantages in and of themselves. True Sony is working on a new online model, but at this point it could just as easily suck as soar.

Just have to wait and see...

]]>Aug 22nd 2006 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
Well, I wouldn't say its not high tech because it doesn't have the newest tech, but nintendo is on to something. Sony is trying to push the bleeding edge with their PS3, the Xbox is trying to be a media center for everyone else, but nintendo is trying to give everyone a chance to play a video game. It seems they are trying to make it for a family, now would grandpa or your little brother whose 7 really care about HD or 512 megs of flash memory? Nintendo's just selling what people need for simply playing games and I think thats commendable. Unlike most tech today, its not trying to cram everything in, because lets not forget, Nintendo is not a multimedia company, they just make videogames.]]>Aug 22nd 2006 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
And, its not like PS3/360 dont have unique input methods. The big one is the eye-toy like cameras. This generation it will be much more significant due to the increased image processing power of the new consoles (Wii wont be able to handle it).]]>Aug 22nd 2006 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
Are we going to have to buy a larger storage to store all of the old games you download from their service? Now I know most of the old games arent huge. But 512mb flash is for crap. Now I wouldnt mind if I could use flash drives I already own or an external HD to back up some of the content.]]>Aug 22nd 2006 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
Nintendo? Remember those kids that loved the N64? Well, they are now in their 20's and 30's and have money to spend. Cater to them.

How about you make interesting adult titles and not rehash and re-release the same crap with something like SuperMarioKartBrothers 25 for example? :-P

I want to be able to buy adult titles for my Wii darnit!

ps. I don't mean "adult" as in boobies and such. More along the lines of GTA and others. ]]>Aug 22nd 2006 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
To the people complaining it's just a GC 1.5, so what? POS3 and Xbox 180 isn't that much better ;) ]]>Aug 22nd 2006 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
As someone else mentioned here, the Wii s a gemer console only. As a comparison, the iPod is mainly an MP3 player. Other MP3 players, have numerous add-ons (FM reception, expadability, etc). yet they only have 20% of teh market. Simplicity is the key here. Wii is only a game console, but unlike the Game Cube, it doesn't look like a toy that us older gamers would be ashamed of owning.

You will also have access to all the 25 years of legacy games.

The $170 price point makes this a 'no brainer' buy.]]>Aug 22nd 2006 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
I'll probably end up getting a PS3 for the same reasons I got a PS2 (Grand Theft Auto and media playback), but I imagine having more group-type (and maybe some indie-development) fun with the Wii.]]>Aug 22nd 2006 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
I personally have many more games for my ps2 than gamecube. I like them. I would definately buy a ps3 when there are games I want and when the price is cheaper. I would have bought a 360 by now if there were games I wanted. The only one there I would buy is Oblivion, but I can just get that for the pc. So right now, for me, its all about the Wii.]]>Aug 22nd 2006 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
Basically, if they can do a $99 GameCube, they can probably do a $179 Wii. That is, if they REALLY want to go for the jugular this holiday season...]]>Aug 22nd 2006 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
I know that many people are concerned about the "kiddy-ness" of Nintendo's games, but they obviously have never played the GameCube if they say so. Metroid Prime definitely was not a "kiddy" game (it scared the pants off of my teenage brother) and Resident Evil 4 has made me mildly suspicious of any tired spanish-speaking person.

For < $200, the Wii will definitely win this Q4 (Winter), because parents and many teens will not accept a $400+ pricetag for a console and then add on the price for games, controllers, etc.]]>Aug 22nd 2006 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3153015

rumour denied. ok!?]]>Aug 22nd 2006 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
Maybe Nintendo will make it up on the games...

Mark]]>Aug 22nd 2006 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
Ultimately, not one of these companies gives a damn about you, except to take your money for their product. And yet here you are (my apologies for the broad generalization), spouting their Marketing/PR crap as if it were your own thoughts.

/vent]]>Aug 22nd 2006 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/I think it will be under $200. Nintendo would make a killing. $250 would get you the system and two controllers, add 150 for three games and it's still cheaper than the next competitor with maybe one game and one controller.]]>Aug 22nd 2006 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
1. Online play is FREE out of the box, and connects you to everything that the Wii has to offer online. 2. The HDTV makes any transmission look better, but under a survey of 1000 people, nearly half said that could barely tell the difference between a HDTV's transmission compared to a standard TV. Make what you want of that (Wii's graphics will be a little bit better than the Xbox's, sort of a quarter of the way between Xbox and Xbox360).

"Are we going to have to buy a larger storage to store all of the old games you download from their service? Now I know most of the old games arent huge. But 512mb flash is for crap. Now I wouldnt mind if I could use flash drives I already own or an external HD to back up some of the content."

1. Perhaps more storage, but a little extra memory should only cost a few $/£. 2. I suppose Nintendo think that 512Mb is enough for the main target audience, although the upgrade shouldn't be that hard as I said. I suggest you go to http://www.wiichat.com/nintendo-wii-articles/1471-101-most-commonly-asked-nintendo-wii-questions.html#faq11 3. In comment to your last remark, maybe they wi(i)ll? Who knows? Oh, and sorry for the (i). I just couldn't help myself...

~

And as for my views, the cheaper the Wii is in Japan and America the better. The UK's VAT is going to be a nasty blow to my wallet. I can't begin (want) to imagine how badly the PS3 will be affected...]]>Aug 22nd 2006 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
We're talking about hardware here, not how its used. The PS3 and 360 have totally different hardware inside (think multi-core processors), making them a whole different animal. The Wii does not. It is by all accounts, an overclocked GC. Nothing wrong with that as long as the games are good and "pretty" enough. That's why it's possible that they can sell it at such a lower price. There's no new and expensive technology to pay for, unlike the PS3 and 360.]]>Aug 22nd 2006 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
PSWii60? Or is that too much?]]>Aug 22nd 2006 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 22nd 2006 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
Posted at 12:14PM on Aug 22nd 2006 by jared"

pretty sure the Xbox 360 does the whole "media playback" thing... unless you mean bleeding-edge non-standard media playback.

the next GTA isn't an exclusive PS3 title either. PS3 and 360 are released the same day last i heard. so unless you are going horndog for Blu-Ray it sounds like a 360 would meet your needs for a couple hundred less.

- - -

"ps. I don't mean "adult" as in boobies and such. More along the lines of GTA and others.

Posted at 11:29AM on Aug 22nd 2006 by J41M3 [ ! ]"

i'll be 30 in a few months and "adult" titles such as GTA really don't appeal to me at all. they are sort of fun in spurts... but for the most part i find them highly immature... and something that "pretend adults" like. sort of like professional wrestling.

they are more or less marketed to aspirational adults... ie. 15-18yo who don't yet grasp what actual real adults like or think is mature. and then to immature young adults that have only recently got their first taste of being a real life "adult" and thus overdo it.

there was all sorts of crap i thought was "mature" or "cool" or "adult" from 15-22. when in fact... it was real close to actually being the opposite.

i am personally looking forward to the Wii. the other 2 systems are still on my *shrugs* list. a lot of my friends in the 24-32 age range are talking about the Wii... people that aren't really even gamers. male / female ... with kids / no kids ... techy/non-techy ... seems like the Wii is the only thing i've really heard any of them talk about gaming-wise. hell... my *dad* even was asking about the DS the other day... and i don't think i've seen him touch a controller since a 5 minute stint with Mario 3 in early '90s. ]]>Aug 22nd 2006 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
I'm with you! I'm 31. I enjoy "kiddie" games (Katamari, Klonoa, etc) just as much as "adult" games (Grand Theft Auto, etc).]]>Aug 22nd 2006 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 23rd 2006 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/
C'mon guys the Meryl thing was reported at joystiq.]]>Aug 23rd 2006 3:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 23rd 2006 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/22/ea-exec-wii-to-retail-for-around-170-us/Aug 25th 2006 1:16PM