Nintendo Wii Release Date: November 19
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on September 14, 2006 at 1:19:09 PM
It is done. The Wii will be released for $250 on November 19. At that price, I'll wait until the system pans out with a few games. I know that buying my DS Lite a month ago or so was a good move because I can get some good games for cheap.
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In a move that may allow Nintendo of Japan to take advantage of stumbles by its main rival, the company plans to announce today that it will release its new Wii video-game console in North and South America on Nov. 19, just as the holiday shopping season begins, and that the machine will cost $250 in the United States. Nintendo will start selling its new console on Dec. 2 in Japan, President Satoru Iwata announced today at a news conference in Chiba prefecture, next to Tokyo. Nintendo executives said this week that the company also would announce today that more than 25 new games would be available for its video-game machine this year, a substantial portfolio from several genres that is intended to help the company broaden the appeal of its console. The company plans to ship 4 million of the Wii consoles worldwide this year.