Does anyone know any retailers who is selling wii at price similar to usa? or australia market? I notice local retailers are marking up pretty high. Over here in Malaysia is costing us about RM1800 just for the standard set while in Australia its only RM1200 max. Anyone doing bulk purchase?

RM1800.00 is ok for me, i tot it would be higher..
btw does it had "ahem" games yet ?

not yet but i saw there is a mod chip released this month. not sure what it can really do.

is it true RM1800???

i asked 1 shop at penang, it cost about RM 3+++

Yes it's true.. The RM2xxx model would give you a stepdown and 1 game of your choice. The RM18xx model would just have the Wii console, plus the free bundled game Wii Sports.

Come to the Nintendo Subforum for more info..

Wow that is like total ripped off. The cost in KL is about RM1800 bundle with Wii sports.

Well, the way I see it, the Wii is selling very well these days.. and to get stock now is very limited.. 1 shop holds 2 Wiis, sold within a day or two. So the demand is quite high, and retailers would usually ask you to price fight with another person.

So it's really up to you if you wanna secure a Wii now with such a high price. If you can be a little patient, you can wait for the optimum pricing which is RM950-1200.. which would make your wallet happier.

Anyone doing bulk purchase? Looks like retailers in malaysia are taking too much advantage over the stocks availbility in Malaysia. Maybe we should have a bulk purchase and order it directly from usa or australia. Prolly we will be forking out at most rm1200.

Bulk orders will include shipping fees, insurance and probably lots of tax. Whos going to calculate all that?

The problem is, as of now, even Americans are having problems with securing a Wii. I haven't been reading up these days, but that was the case during the first shipment(launch) of the Wii.. Totally sold out. I think the second shipments also sold out.. Retailers in the states are having this problem too.

So if them Americans or Japanese people can't get ahold of enough units, why should we? Besides, we are part of the reason they can't fulfil orders there.

Nintendo is already doing a good job in achieving their 1-2 weeks difference between different regions launch, Dec 19-20 US launch, Dec 2-10 Euro/Aussie/JP launch.. Man, are they tired.

And in all seriousness, if you can get bulk directly from US, great. If not, wait patiently, the fun isn't going nowhere

If the bulk purchase volume is there then it will make some sense doing a purchase directly from usa since our retailers are doing that too. we will do calculations later on when there about 10 purchases.

Haha ok. Good luck in your bulk purchase. May you get your Wii!

Hi, i am new to this forum.
Just wondering if there is any mod chip for Nintendo Wii at the current stage?

cheers.

looks like they have it but it not in the scene of any resellers doing it in malaysia yet but i guess it is pretty soon since this system running on linux i am pretty sure ppl are able to mod this machine easily

Looks like Nintendo is back in gear!!!!

yeh! back to old school days! good to see they are back. unlike sega they died just like atari.

Cracking the Wii would be the quickest way of hurting Nintendo. Hopefully, like the GC before it, it'll take a long while to crack. That and periodic updates that brick modified machines will hopefully keep the Wii as an original games only machine .

This post has been edited by Jon Dough: Dec 17 2006, 10:06 PM

i think it is like a chicken and egg problem. piracy are ramping in asia because of high prices of games. if nintendo, sony and microsoft are able to manufacture games for asia region. probably it could lower game prices to as low as rm50-70 this would definitely reduce the demand for pirated games but for now we still live with pirated stuff because it is not affordable beyond everyone. original games cost in malaysia approximately rm210 and above while ppl in usa they purchasing usd50.

yup, the business model of videogames suck. sure all those companies love to come in to asia & other developing countries and develope a healthy white market for videogames. but if they subsidise game prices & set region locks to sell much cheaper asian versions, sure the consumers of the developed markets will compare & cry foul.

i guess subscription-based MMOG PC games are the future for asia and other developing countries.

Once again, gaming is not a necessity. It is not a requirement in life. If you can't afford it, you probably shouldn't pick up gaming. It is not an excuse to resort to piracy.

There is never a justification for piracy. With Sony and Microsoft losing money for every console they sell, the only way they can profit is through the games. I doubt they will make it any cheaper than it is now.

Games for the 360 (Asian) cost around RM160-RM190 while American games are more expensive because it is imported. Sony games will forever be expensive because it is region free.