Nintendo Wii - under Â£150 (pissibly)

preownedgames.co.uk · Post by **preownedgames.co.uk** » Thu May 25, 2006 5:36 pm

paranoid marvin wrote:It'll almost certainly be Â£199.99

Do you know something we don't or is that just speculation ?

Scooby1970 · Post by **Scooby1970** » Thu May 25, 2006 5:51 pm

I was holding out for a PS3 or an XBOX360 this Christmas, but after watching all those videos on the Nintendo website regarding the Wii, I think I might venture into the land of Nintendo for a change!

Hopefully it'll be cheaper than the PS3 and Xbox360 and it's range of games look pretty impressive... and most of all... DIFFERENT! I wonder if that Tennis game really plays that well!

Mark

Dudley · Post by **Dudley** » Fri May 26, 2006 3:46 am

paranoid marvin wrote:It'll almost certainly be Â£199.99

still cheap for next-gen gaming

I'd say that's incredibly unlikely. That would be a US to UK markup of 52%, much more than almost anything recently.

Mad Gerald · Post by **Mad Gerald** » Fri May 26, 2006 4:19 am

Dudley wrote:That said, the DS-Lite has the biggest markup of any current machine at 47% above US.

True, the DS Lite in the states is $129.99 (on amazon.com) - which works out at around Â£70. But if you're buying one from the states online, you've got postage and possible customs duty to pay - also, if it goes tits up, you'll then have to send it back.

At the end of the day, I'd rather spend Â£100 on one and get it from the UK with free shipping and no duty.

Post by **CraigGrannell** » Fri May 26, 2006 5:15 am

Do bear in mind the US never includes sales tax in stated prices. Therefore, you need to add 17.5 per cent to the US prices to make a valid comparison. Under the average exchange rate over recent months, that comes to around Â£85, which is less of a rip-off.

mel the bell · Post by **mel the bell** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:04 pm

preownedgames.co.uk wrote:
paranoid marvin wrote:It'll almost certainly be Â£199.99
Do you know something we don't or is that just speculation ?

hes psychotic erm i mean psychic

mel the bell · Post by **mel the bell** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:05 pm

Scooby1970 wrote:I was holding out for a PS3 or an XBOX360 this Christmas, but after watching all those videos on the Nintendo website regarding the Wii, I think I might venture into the land of Nintendo for a change!

Hopefully it'll be cheaper than the PS3 and Xbox360 and it's range of games look pretty impressive... and most of all... DIFFERENT! I wonder if that Tennis game really plays that well!

Mark

hopefully? it will be

theres even talk that youll be able to get an xbox and wii for the price of the ps3

Dudley · Post by **Dudley** » Fri May 26, 2006 1:14 pm

CraigGrannell wrote:Do bear in mind the US never includes sales tax in stated prices. Therefore, you need to add 17.5 per cent to the US prices to make a valid comparison. Under the average exchange rate over recent months, that comes to around Â£85, which is less of a rip-off.

AS I said earlier, the usual markup these days is 33%, the tax is in that 33%.

The 360 is Â£279($530.1) and $399 (32.8%)
The PS3 is Â£425(807.50) and $599 (34.8%)

So 47% for the DS-Lite is a bit mean, it should be Â£89.99.

preownedgames.co.uk · Post by **preownedgames.co.uk** » Fri May 26, 2006 1:55 pm

Dudley wrote:
CraigGrannell wrote:Do bear in mind the US never includes sales tax in stated prices. Therefore, you need to add 17.5 per cent to the US prices to make a valid comparison. Under the average exchange rate over recent months, that comes to around Â£85, which is less of a rip-off.
AS I said earlier, the usual markup these days is 33%, the tax is in that 33%.

The 360 is Â£279($530.1) and $399 (32.8%)
The PS3 is Â£425(807.50) and $599 (34.8%)

So 47% for the DS-Lite is a bit mean, it should be Â£89.99.

If the Wii sells for $250 in the US that would make it Â£175 here.

C4 · Post by C4 » Fri May 26, 2006 2:29 pm

LMAO at "pissibly"

paranoid marvin · Post by **paranoid marvin** » Fri May 26, 2006 4:08 pm

preownedgames.co.uk wrote:
paranoid marvin wrote:It'll almost certainly be Â£199.99
Do you know something we don't or is that just speculation ?

sorry I should have said Â£199.99 or less

It would be commercial suicide for them to try to sell it for more,and Nintendo seem to have a good business sense these days

The problem with selling it for under Â£150 is that people won't buy a machine that seems too cheap

Â£200 would seem a reasonable price for a newly produced machine (hopefully bundled with a new Mario game like the SNES was)

Dudley · Post by **Dudley** » Sat May 27, 2006 4:55 am

preownedgames.co.uk wrote:
If the Wii sells for $250 in the US that would make it Â£175 here.

Indeed, as I think you'll find I mentioned in Post 11.

preownedgames.co.uk · Post by **preownedgames.co.uk** » Sat May 27, 2006 8:57 am

Dudley wrote:
preownedgames.co.uk wrote:
If the Wii sells for $250 in the US that would make it Â£175 here.
Indeed, as I think you'll find I mentioned in Post 11.

You don't expect me to actually read the thread before replying to it do you ?

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