" Wii: November 24 for £149?
UK trade magazine predicts Nintendo' s launch plans.
by Alex Simmons
UK, September 8, 2006 - Nintendo will release the Wii in Europe by 24 November for £149, according to games industry trade magazine MCV. The paper also claims there will be enough consoles to cater for demand both at launch and during the busy Christmas period.



The news comes ahead of Nintendo' s official European announcement, which is expected to made at a London event next Friday. When asked about the possible price and release date Nintendo commented: " We know that everyone is as excited as we are about the pending launch of Wii and as a result there is a lot of speculation and rumours. We ask people to be patient as all will be revealed in due course."

If the Wii does indeed launch for £149, the console will be priced at £50 less than Microsoft' s Core Xbox 360 bundle and a staggering £275 less than the predicted price of the PlayStation 3.

IGN will have correspondents at each of the global Wii conferences next week, so watch this space for official confirmations, plus fresh hands-on impressions of the Wii games scheduled for launch and beyond."



How does that translate into US dollars? Well it seems cheap...and considering that Nintendo is in a good position to produce these suckers at a faster rate then Sony with ps3. For the first time in a long time it seems that Nintendo will have a larger marketshare for consoles withing the next gen, if only for a short while.