With next gen development costs soaring, can Nintendo really offer gamers a cheaper alternative?
Nintendo UK has confirmed to online gaming publication Gamesindustry.biz that the price of software for its upcoming Wii console will be inline with current gen pricing. The reason why Nintendo can still afford to price games for the Wii at a similar price to current generation games is mainly due to the non-complexity of the hardware, which in turn offers developers cheaper development costs.
This information falls in line with a comment EA recently made in regards to Nintendo’s potential pricing for first party games, which the developer and publisher guessed would be priced at around $49.99. This is coincidently $10 less than an Xbox 360 title, which will certainly help put the console in good light in the eyes of consumers.
It has been long rumored that Nintendo would be pricing its games cheaper than its competitors, with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata stating to CNN Money back in March “I cannot imagine any first party title could be priced for more than $50.” This leads to speculation that other parties will be able to price their Wii titles differently, meaning we could see a slight increase in price in third party software.
More games for me!
Yup, certainly can’t complain about that.
With my staff discount I should in theory be able to get Wii games for super cheap.
Horray!
:)
I envy you!