[Revo] Il Revo Jap a 171 dollari?

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Japanese Wii to cost $171?

Source: The Japanese edition of popular tech blog Engadget.

What we heard: Ever since it revealed the fully functional Wii at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in May, Nintendo has reminded the world that it will be cheaper than other consoles. However, they haven't said how cheap it will be, prompting an endless deluge of guesses, most of which have been under $250.

This week, rumors surfaced that the Nintendo Wii may be cheaper than even the most optimistic estimates. On Tuesday, the Japanese edition of Engadget reported it had discovered an interesting article from the Nikkei news service. The Nikkei article reportedly reports that Japanese investment firm Nikko Citigroup has downwardly revised the predicted manufacturing cost for the Wii's CPU, code-named "Broadway."

As a result of the savings, Nikko Citigroup now allegedly predicts that the Wii will retail for 19,800 yen ($171), instead of the 25,000 yen ($216) it originally set as the machine's maximum launch price. A quote attributed to the Nikkei article stated that "domestic [Japanese] sales [of the Wii] are also expected to be 50 percent higher than originally anticipated" due to the price drop.

While the Engadget Japan bit certainly sounds like music to gamers' ears, there's one slight problem. As of press time, the article cited as the source is nowhere to be found on Nikkei's Japanese-language Web site or its English-language counterpart. For its part, Engadget Japan freely admits the price is a rumor.

The official story: Nintendo reps said they had forwarded along GameSpot's requests for comment to high-level personnel, but the company had not issued a response as of press time.

Bogus or not bogus?: The lack of an original source article could mean two things. One, the article was posted and then pulled at Nintendo's request, as Nikkei has previously done for other companies. Or two, the article never existed...but why would the respected Engadget make it up?

[Turrican3]

Non so se i 19,800 siano un prezzo "ok" per il jappo... ma sono convinto che negli USA costerà $199 (e 99 cents )