Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime -- Photo: Engadget
Engadget went to the Nintendo press conference at 9.00am in New York and got some numbers. According to Reggie: "MSRP: $249. One price, one config, one color: white. This simplicity allows us to maximize volume throughout the Americas. Our shipment goal worldwide is 4M consoles during the 43 days between launch [November 19] and Dec 31. The Americas will receive the largest share, a continuous flow of units."
Nintendo will start with 30 games at $49.99.
The launch in Japan will be on December 2, at 25,000 yen.
The European announcement is tomorrow (Friday 15) at noon in Docklands, and Gamesblog's Greg Howson will be there....
Comment: It looks as though Nintendo intends to bury Sony's PlayStation 3 in the US, leaving it trailing in a distant third place. (No blue laser diodes: no PlayStation 3s.) But if it steamrollers the US market with "a continuous flow of units," there probably won't be much left for Europe and Japan.
$250 is $50 more than a Wii is worth -- it's basically a souped-up GameCube -- but if it's in short supply, why not pocket the cash while it's going?
