Nintendo finally confirms new $199 Wii price

After being stuck so long at $249, we can hardly believe the Wii is "pulling a PS3" and going down in price at last -- outside of the insurmountable mountains of evidence we had of the price drop before Nintendo could get around to confirming it, of course. The console will begin retailing for $199.99 (~$200 for us math types) on September 27, which is this Sunday.

Update: The Wii will fall to ¥20,000 in Japan, which represents a 20 percent drop.

Update 2: Looks like those of you getting paid in Euros will be asked to shell out €199.99.

[Via Joystiq]

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2009 9:21AM]

The Wii is going to fly @ that price - it's aimed at families with younger kids after all. The market for PS3 and Xbox is 20 and up so really Nintendo should kill it this Christmas. Besides the Nintendo customer isn't nearly as jaded as the hard core gamer seems to be.

[celloids Posted Sep 24th 2009 9:55AM]

That dude in the pic thinks he is link in Legend of zelda mwuhuhuahuahuahuahuhauhauha ahuhauhauhauhauhua LOL!

[Elranzer Posted Sep 24th 2009 11:42AM]

"That dude in that pic" MADE Link from Legend of Zelda (as well as Mario).

(Hint: It's Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo's top creative talent).

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2009 10:24AM]

I'm surprised they can afford to do this, since the Dollar vs.Yen has plummeted in the past year

[nimro Posted Sep 24th 2009 3:56PM]

This really makes me mad. When will companies learn that $1 ≠ €1 ≠ £1?

€199.99 is $293 at the current exchange rates!

[Stephanie C Posted Sep 24th 2009 4:03PM]

I don't know how they can get away with that either. They must certainly know the true exchange rates!

[Stephanie C Posted Sep 24th 2009 4:12PM]

I don't know how they can get away with that either. They must certainly know the true exchange rates!

[Stephanie C Posted Sep 24th 2009 4:13PM]

Sorry for the duplicate, the comment system is messed up.

[boot2skull Posted Sep 24th 2009 8:05PM]

Is this how you treat early adopters, Nintendo? Really? REALLY? *slams door*