A variety of online reports tracking back to Japanese investment bank Nikko Citigroup report that the firm issued a report this week claiming that Nintendo has secured a better than anticipated manufacturing cost for the Wii's Broadway CPU. The firm now expects a retail price of 19,800 yen ($170.07) in Japan, significantly lower than Nikko Citigroup's previous expectation of 25,000 yen ($214.74). This is at odds with last week's rumors from IGN , which pegged the console's US price as $229. Even if Nikko Citigroup's information is correct, it is very likely that the console's price in the United States would be $199.
Nintendo was not available for comment at press time.Hard to beat those numbers, folks. Im a Sony faithful, but I may be a Marioboy once again if things are headed the way they're lookin. Or I could wait til Christmas '08 when PS3
might dip to $400 due their dismal sales drop off that will inevitably occur once all the hardcore have their PS3s and no one else is willing to buy a $600 console.
