Gaming How much is the Wii in your country?

[shtonkalot]

Australian Pricing comparisons with US pricing as follows:

Wii Console: AU $400 = US $315
Wii Remote: AU $70 = US $55
Wii Nunchuck: AU $30 = US $24
Wii Classic Controller: AU $30 = US $24
Wii Play with Remote: AU $80 = US $63
Wii Component Cable: AU $50 = US $39

Wii Games are looking to be AU $100 to $110 (US $79 to $87) on launch. There may be some cheaper titles though I haven't seen any games priced lower.

Compare this with the US pricing..

Wii Console: US $250 = AU $318
Wii Remote: US $40 = AU $51
Wii Nunchuck: US $20 = AU $25
Wii Classic Controller: US $20 = AU $25
Wii Play with Remote: Couldn't find a price yet
Wii Component Cable: US $30 = AU $38

Wii Games (First party): US $50 = AU $64

So my setup tomorrow night will cost me AU $640
If we had equivalent pricing that would be only AU $503

but, meh!
I'm going to get to play with my very own Wii tomorrow night / Thursday morning!!!

I'm sure I'll end up spending some dollars on Wii points too.

I should add that I am getting a free copy of NFS Carbon (

whoop de do!) with my Wii as I pre-ordered from Toy's 'R' Us. That one will go straight on eBay.

Oh yeah, Pricing came from IGN and my local EB Games store. Prices were rounded to nearest dollar and exchange rate was provided by xe.com
Todays show has been brought to you by the letters W and I, and the number 400!

 

[ryohki]

when I get mine, I'll have:
wii (399)
zelda (99)
wii play + remote (79)
second 'chuck (29)
rayman (99)
extended warranty (60)
(too much

)

 

[Opium]

Wii - Shipped
Zelda - Shipped
Wii Play - Shipped

Bring on the Wii

Should have it on launch day.

 

[moribund112]

Wow, at least you guys even GET the Wii in your country!
We have to look to the black market to get them, but so far none have come into Kunming yet! Maybe next month?
I know if you want to get a Wii from Guangzhou it will cost about 4000RMB average - almost 600USD!

Ha, I wish iQue made a Wii console for the mainland!

 

[alucard77]

In the US I paid:

Wii: $250 (+$50 for the guy who waited on line and got the ticket before I got mine, but that doesn't count)
WiiMote: $40
Nunchuck: $20
Zelda: $50

I have to agree, EU has always been ripped off when it came to videogames. I don't understand how you guys put up with it. It is probably because there are too few developement houses in the EU to complain about rediculous price structures.

I have read two recent articles that were very interesting. The first discussed why the PS3 cost way less in Japan vs. anywhere else. It ends up that development houses complained that the price was too steep and that their games would not sell as well in the Jap market. So they lowered the price.

The second article, also spoke of the PS3, but can be adopted to any system. The article was speaking how the PS3 was not going to lose money on a per unit sold basis because of the Euro. Since the Euro is so strong, and the Yen is so weak at the moment, they are making a windfall profit on a per unit basis for every unit sold in Europe. The same could be said for the Wii, especially if you do the conversion.

 

[XeNoGeaR]

249 here

NED

 

[science]

$280 CDN

Which is the second cheapest around the world, second only to Japan, which doesn't come with Wii sports.

 

[Nudua]

Here's the prices in Sweden: (taken from a popular shop in Stockholm, called Webhallen)

SEK=Swedish Crowns €=Euro  $=US Dollar

SEK 2749 / €300 / $397 - Wii Console
SEK 479 / €052 / $69 - Wiimote
SEK 279 / €030 / $40 - Nunchuck
SEK 279 / €030 / $40 - Classic Controller
SEK 379 / €041 / $54 - Component Video Cable
SEK 199 / €022 / $28 - Wii Points Card 2000
SEK 599 / €065 / $86 - Wii Play (incl. Wiimote)
SEK 599 / €065 / $86 - Zelda

(All prices converted by today's exchange rates and rounded down)

Lets see which the most expensive country is...

 *feels doomed to win the category*


what about norway? everything is expensive there

...btw where are all the people from norway?

Well here it's around 2500NOK / 311€ / 416$ at the normal shops.
But the biggest electronics chain (elkjøp) in Norway are selling it for 2000NOK / 248€ / 333$.
They don't take pre-orders so I'm gonna camp outside

 

[coliseu]

Here in Brazil cost $1000

A crazy price to play a video game.

 

[ridgecity]

Here in Mexico the prices are in U.S. dollars:

Wii - $450 (I got mine pre-sale for $400)
Games popular titles are $60
any other title $50
Wiimote $50
Nunchunk $35
Classic C $35

knocking out your cousin while playing Wii bowling: PRICELESS.

for everything else there's MasterCard

 

[Veho]

Here in Brazil cost $1000

A crazy price to play a video game.

How much will the PS3 cost then?

 

[ridgecity]

and in the black market, the Playstation 3 $1400 with 2 games, and you give em half the money and when they get one they call you, and they say they get them every week (ps3 i mean, not idiots giving money to guy in a van in an alley). Official retails with get them until september 2007 for $1999.