Nintendo Wii: price and launch details!

Nintendo Wii: price and launch details!

September 8th, 2006, 14:51 Posted By: Darksaviour69

Reports sweeping the internet at the moment are saying that the Nintendo Wii will launch on November 24, priced at just £149 and that stock will be plentiful if you want to fill your Christmas stocking.

Trade mag MCV is reporting both price and launch details as fact, even ahead of next Friday's press conference when Nintendo is expected to confirm those crucial details. Nintendo are remaining tight lipped and are apparently refusing to comment on the reports, but when such a well established and respected magazine goes early, we have to suspect there's more than a glimmer of truth to it.

We spoke to Lisa Foster, Managing Editor of MCV to see how confident the trade title is in their breaking exclusive and she told CVG, "We are very confident about the story, especially the price and that Nintendo Wii will launch in the week ending November 24."

Naturally we also contacted Nintendo to see if they have any comment on the story and we are still awaiting their reply. However Nintendo boss David Yarnton, told GI.biz that MCV's story was, "only speculation, and definitely not fact. They're not far off, but they're definitely not right," the Nintendo boss added.

CVG also contacted a number of industry sources and insiders to see what their reaction was and while most agreed with us, that the price seems right on the mark, a substantial number of our sources were a little more unsure about the actual launch date.

Most seemed to agree that November 24 might be a touch early and that an early December release would seem more likely, especially given this week's news about the launch of the PS3 being delayed until March 2007. So you pays your money and takes your choice we guess, and while we wholeheartedly back MCV's price point, we tend to favour more of an early December date for Wii launch. Either way though it's great news for Wii fans and all will be revealed next week when Nintendo make the news official. Keep it tuned to CVG for all the Wii goodness you can consume.

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