Nintendo Wii - 24th Nov - £149

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Found this when on the Orange website:

Wii Info

I'm not sure weather this is old news, but its sounding like a great system for keeping the Mrs entertained while I play TDU, or vice versa.

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Shortly after Sony informs us that the European PS3 launch is being delayed five months to March 2007, word has leaked out that Nintendo plans to steam in and steal Sony's thunder by launching Wii just one week after the PS3's original date. That's November 24 to stick in your diary.

Even more fantastic is the price. According to video games trade magazine MCV, it'll cost an incredibly reasonable £149 - a whopping £60 less than a core X360 and £275 cheaper than a PS3. Nintendo, we salute you as this means many gamers will be able to afford to place a Wii next to their X360. It'll also allow many gamers - unable to afford a PS3 or X360 - to step into the next generation and expand the market.

According to industry sources, Nintendo are certain there'll be no stock shortages. Unlike the X360's launch last December (when it took some people six months to get their hands on a machine) everyone should be able to get one under their Christmas tree. Nice one!
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Also, it's IBM who have made the chips for the Wii and they're being shipped right now.

Right now Wii microchips are making their way from IBM's East Fishkill, NY facility to where ever it is that Nintendo is planning to mass-produce its upcoming console. IBM signed a multi-year microchip production deal with Nintendo earlier this year to produce the chips powering the Wii. The codename of the processor powering the Wii is "Broadway".

In a press release from IBM, Genyo Takeda, Nintendo's Senior Managing Director/General Manager for its Integrated Research & Development Division says, "The first chips are in our possession. Today's milestone marks the final stage of our drive to reach both core and nontraditional gamers with an inviting, inclusive and remarkable gaming experience."

Ron Martino, director of IBM Tehnology Collaboration Solutions, says, "The IBM team has worked hard to design, develop and deliver this customized Power micropocessor for the worldwide launch of Nintendo's new system." This isn't the first time IBM and Nintendo have teamed up. In 1999 IBM designed and manufactured the "Gekko", the central microprocessor used to power the Nintendo GameCube
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What was from gamespy.com
 
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