Nintendo Wii Launch Info Dump from Tokyo News Conference
The Wii facts as we know now.
- Wii US launch date is November 19th (assume this is North America)
- Wii launch price $250
- 16 Wii launch titles
- 30 titles for the Wii by the end of the year
- Wii game prices will be around $50
- Wii console bundled with “Wii Sports” and a nunchuck
- region free! no restrictions, play games from any region, like Japan
- downloadable games loaded to your account like Xbox Live
- no external hard drive support
- no DVD playback support
- Zelda: Twilight Princess, available at launch for about $58
- unlike Sony’s PS3 or Microsoft Xbox 360, the Wii hardware will be
- classic games for download at prices between $4.25 and $8.50
- profitable right at launch
- first Nintendo console launched outside Japan first
- Japanese price to be lower than US at $212 for Japan launch on December 2nd
Nintendo plans to ship 4 million Wii units by year end and 6 million units by March, roughly twice Sony’s shipment plans for the PS3. Microsoft has said it will have 10 million Xbox 360s to market by year end.
Nintendo also introduced “Wii Channels,” a feature that extends the capabilities of the device to allow users to view photos, watch video, surf the Internet and perform other PC-like activities.
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