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[Jonnyram]

So speaks the man:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=90003017&sid=aEvwqwiw93KQ&refer=jp_news_index

I was hoping the price would be cemented today, but they're still teasing us some more.
At least we know 25,000 yen / $250 is the max price now.

 

[cvxfreak]

In before $249.99 is less than $250.

 

[Amir0x]

neat.

 

[Oblivion]

$249.99 it is then.


Edit: Goddamn you, CVX! I KILL YOU

 

[Zombie James]

Anything above $150 is a ripoff unless they include 2 or more controllers. And a game.

 

[DCharlie]

PSTwowiids : three best machines for around 56,000

 

[neptunes]

$199 is almost definate

Unless they want to pull dual SKU's and have a $250 ver. with 2 controllers and the classic remote.

 

[SnakeXs]

Exchange rates and historical price differences accounted for, I'd say top end price of 199.99 is pretty much set in stone.

 

[DCharlie]

Anything above $150 is a ripoff unless they include 2 or more controllers. And a game.

:/

 

[poppin fresh]

Anything above $150 is a ripoff

Not if you get a wii60 bundle.

 

[Amir0x]

yeah i mean basically with all the shit they left out of it even $199 seems a bit high (the dolby digital thing is just the horrifying icing on the shitcake), but i guess the tech in the controller is pretty expensive or something.

or they just like to make money

which is cool, everyone's doin' it

 

[Andy787]

Alright. I'll take one.

 

[drohne]

$100 covers the gamecube; the other $150 gets you the turbo

normally aspirated game consoles are for suckers

 

[Mr. Pointy]

It's going to be $199. It was always going to be $199 - Nintendo like teasing us.

 

[GhostSeed]

Hopefully $250 with 2 Wiimotes.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Anything above $150 is a ripoff unless they include 2 or more controllers. And a game.

Unlike some $300 consoles it includes wifi, a wireless controller, and storage space for saves and downloads.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Okay sign me up

 

[drohne]

and like some $130 consoles it includes crap old hardware!

 

[Amir0x]

Unlike some $300 consoles it includes wifi, a wireless controller, and storage space for saves and downloads.

but it removes:

good graphics
surround sound
jeff minter light synth visualizer

i think we know who gets the better deal here!

 

[Wario64]

$250 for the wiitard pack

$350 for the real thing

 

[Sho Nuff]

It had freaking better be, at least in America. Japan will happily dole out 25,000 yen.

 

[arter_2]

,

 

[Jonnyram]

$100 covers the gamecube; the other $150 gets you the turbo

normally aspirated game consoles are for suckers

No, the other $150 gets you a NES, SNES, N64, Genesis and Turbo GFX

 

[drohne]

No, the other $150 gets you a NES, SNES, N64, Genesis and Turbo GFX

can i get a discount if i don't want the n64?

 

[Amir0x]

No, the other $150 gets you a NES, SNES, N64, Genesis and Turbo GFX

"best of" awesome

then the additional money goes to PS2 and PSOne on PS3, ftw

 

[KennyL]

will get when FABULA NOVA CRYSTALLIS Wii comes out.

 

[Amir0x]

will get when FABULA NOVA CRYSTALLIS Wii comes out.

ew, FFXIII already sucks. It's all slimed in Advent Children action style.

 

[cvxfreak]

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=T000522

I'M ONBOARD!

 

[Bebpo]

No, the other $150 gets you a NES, SNES, N64, Genesis and Turbo GFX

Maybe I'm missing the joke, but couldn't you buy all those systems for like under $50 total these days? ^^;

 

[Amir0x]

Maybe I'm missing the joke, but couldn't you buy all those systems for like under $50 total these days? ^^;

and also you won't have to rebuy any games you already own
and also every single game on those systems will be available for you to aquire on day one, as opposed to that never ever going to be the case for "Virtual Console" due to various issues such as licensing.

 

[KennyL]

ew, FFXIII already sucks. It's all slimed in Advent Children action style.

why are you all be hating like? entertainment is all i ask for. is that just so wrong?? :-(

 

[Jonnyram]

Maybe I'm missing the joke, but couldn't you buy all those systems for like under $50 total these days? ^^;

Err yeah. I think you're missing the joke.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Maybe I'm missing the joke, but couldn't you buy all those systems for like under $50 total these days? ^^;

You haven't taken into account the crusher to get them to fit within 3 DVD cases.

 

[Amir0x]

You haven't taken into account the crusher to get them to fit within 3 DVD cases.

they upsized the Wii now. It's bigger than PS3.

 

[GhostSeed]

Maybe I'm missing the joke, but couldn't you buy all those systems for like under $50 total these days? ^^;

But would they output 480p?

 

[Oblivion]

And doesn't BC cost a shitload? Not the games themselves, but implementing the technology to allow it?

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Anything above $150 is a ripoff unless they include 2 or more controllers. And a game.

Man, you are one cheap bastard

 

[drohne]

And doesn't BC cost a shitload? Not the games themselves, but implementing the technology to allow it?

emulators are so amazingly expensive to code that hobbyists do it for no money whatsoever in their free time

 

[Ganondorf>Link]

Its gonna be $199.

 

[Odysseus]

And doesn't BC cost a shitload? Not the games themselves, but implementing the technology to allow it?

Why don't you ask all those gaffers running MAME on their PCs how much it costs.

 

[Amir0x]

And doesn't BC cost a shitload? Not the games themselves, but implementing the technology to allow it?

not really

but it depends on the technology you're trying to make compatible, and if it's being done by software emulation or with a chip or whatever. At the end of the day, the investment I doubt could ever be categorized as "shitload"

N64, Turbografx, SNES, Genesis, Nintendo, etc... all will cost literally pennies to Nintendo.

If they were doing Gamecube via software emulation, that might cost a little bit. But again, not a "shitload."

 

[Oblivion]

Heh. Whatever then. Someone said it was an expensive process in some thread a while back. Oh, well

 

[Odysseus]

At the end of the day, the investment I doubt could ever be categorized as "shitload"

You don't work for Nintendo's accounting department.

 

[Amir0x]

You don't work for Nintendo's accounting department.

I am all accounting departments, as I am none.

 

[Odysseus]

I am all accounting departments, as I am none.

mind blown total

 

[Zombie James]

emulators are so amazingly expensive to code that hobbyists do it for no money whatsoever in their free time

Exactly. And there are more than enough excellent, open source emulators they could "borrow", i highly doubt they've got programmers locked up in a dungeon creating these things from scratch.

 

[Fuzzy]

Exactly. And there are more than enough excellent, open source emulators they could "borrow", i highly doubt they've got programmers locked up in a dungeon creating these things from scratch.

Weren't the NES and N64 Zelda games from the Collector's Edition disc already running off of Nintendo's own emulators?

 

[cvxfreak]

Weren't the NES and N64 Zelda games from the Collector's Edition disc already running off of Nintendo's own emulators?

Yep. The Wii is probably going to use optimized versions of the GC's N64 and NES emulators, although I'm not aware of any SNES emulators by Nintendo.

 

[yjs666]

Anyone says that it's only worth $149 are fudgin retards. Go buy a PS3 and sex its twin HDMI holes. Wait you can't.

 

[Zombie James]

Anyone says that it's only worth $149 are fudgin retards.

Aww, a personal insult to call my own. Thank you