nintendo wii games to cost less than 360/ps3 titles

August 2nd, 2006 post a comment (4) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

According to an article at gamesindustry.biz, Nintendo is likely to price its first party Wii titles at $49.99 USD, keeping their pricing in line with the GameCube, Xbox and PS2. This is in contrast to the $59.99 price points for most Xbox 360 games, and the $59.99+ price points that have been mentioned for PS3 titles. Could this move drive the price back down on multi-platform releases? Only time will tell.

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4 comments post a comment

1. dabears | August 2nd, 2006 at 9:25 pm

First party 360 games are $49.99 also. What’s the big deal?
2. Administrator | August 2nd, 2006 at 9:40 pm

Actually, while most of the current games published by Microsoft Games Studio are $49.99, upcoming games such as Crackdown, Blue Dragon, Forza 2 and presumably, Halo 3 and Gears of War are all expected to be $59.99.
3. Ed Price | August 2nd, 2006 at 10:06 pm

Absolutely. The big deal is that the 360 games are more expensive. Nintendo always goes with low profit-margins. They can do that because they sell more of their own games then Microsoft and Sony do, and less of other companies’ games.

Have you guys seen the Nintendo amusement park? This is pretty funny:

http://whenmoneyattacks.blogspot.com/2006/08/nintendo-amusement-park.html
4. rg_samurai | August 3rd, 2006 at 10:21 am

The ps3 is going to be the best console out when it gets released, but if the price has you a little worried hears a way to get it for free. I’m just waiting for Nov 17 to get mine.

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