Jp wrote:
Why should we have to pay more for the Wii then the US (Taking into account exchange rates)? It's harder to get them out here I guess. Odds are the stores are asking for a bigger profit than the US stores. Nintendo would have to jack up the RRP in order to give the stores more and still maintain the desired financial outcome. They're probably making a couple of dollars more per unit, but they're going to sell a lot less here than the US. | |
Jp wrote:
Why should we have to pay more for the Wii then the US (Taking into account exchange rates)? It doesn't make any sense. It's not like it was any different then the Xbox 360. I've been ranting about this kind of crap for ages. Australians get a really hard deal. The Xbox 360 cost $399 USD. Here, it cost $645 AUD. $399 USD = $528 AUD Also, most video games in America cost $60 USD. In Australia, they're costing $120 AUD. $120 AUD = $90 USD. I swear, this is can't be shipping costs. But let's forget the costs for a second. Why in the bloody hell is everything released so damn late here? Xbox 360 was delayed by 5 months. About the same with the PS3. Dead Rising was Delayed a little over a month, and the demo didn't even hit marketplace until 2 weeks after the American / British version hit. I've been complaining about this kind of stuff for the last year. I can't make a difference, but I can remind Americans that they have no right to complain compared to us (I'm not saying that all Americans are self-minded, but you'd be surprised how many don't realise there's more then one form of currency). Bah. [/rant] | |
$120 games? I tend to see $100 more often (Which is $75 US).
Late releases of console games could be explained in terms of extra time to PALerise it (Damn that low-quality US television!), and that works with consoles, too, to some extent. It's still annoying, though, and I can't see there being much extra time to set up consoles for PAL. | |
Nintendo are saying that basically everything will be cheaper than other consoles. So why in the hell would they cost $11 more than 360 games? Your conversions fail.
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• Wii Remote @ $69.95
• Nunchuk @ $29.95 • Zelda confirmed for GameCube This was also suggested: • Wario Ware Smooth Moves at Wii launch | |
Gamecube games (And N64 games before them) cost $100 AUD on launch, pretty much uniformly. That's $75 US.
Wii games will likely cost the same. I'm not sure where the $120 figure came from... | |
Jp wrote:
Gamecube games (And N64 games before them) cost $100 AUD on launch, pretty much uniformly. That's $75 US. Maybe it's because I live in Tasmania. But my Dead Rising case has "$120" printed on it. Fight Night Round 3 was $108.84, Call of Duty 2 was $100, PREY was $110, Oblivion was $100, GRAW was $120, PDZ was $100 and DoA4 was $100. Looking at the store last week (Target), Battlefield 2 was $119, ditto with FarCry. Seems I've got the worst of the worst. Oh, and I hope I didn't imply that Wii games would cost $120. I'm really happy that there's going to be a console that won't break my 17-year-old budget. ... I've forgotten what we were talking about. | |
Kritz117 wrote:
Maybe it's because I live in Tasmania. There's your problem then. You'd almost be better off getting someone in Melbourne to buy them for you and then send them over. That or simply buying them online. A friend of mine in New Zealand does that (although he does it because it's hard to find the titles he wants in stores). | |
http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/ wii/?l=enGB&site=w_info.html&special=gameplayvideo.html&item =3#a1