Posted on Thursday, May 25 2006 @ 21:32 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Nintendo aims to sell six million Wii consoles between the Q4 2006 launch and March 2007. The exact pricing isn't known yet but the company says it will be under $250, some earlier rumours even predict a price of $199.
Given the lower price point of Nintendo’s Wii, Microsoft's Peter boldly stated that many gamers would choose to buy an XBOX 360 and a Wii instead of buying a PlayStation 3. Sony Computer Entertainment executive Phil Harrison later agreed with Moore that most gamers would choose to add a Wii to their arsenal after purchasing a PS3 or XBOX 360. GamesIndustry.biz reports:
The Wii console is key to Nintendo's future success and the company is banking on its strategy of introducing disruptive technology to capture a large percentage of the market, bowing out of the high-tech hardware race between Microsoft and Sony and concentrating on innovation and affordability in place of the superior graphics and processing power that has dominated the next-generation platform.
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