Wii Fit priced for Europe

47 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski Feb 27th 2008 12:30PM
Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Peripherals, Exergaming

Europe found out today how much Wii Fit will cost them when it releases on April 25 -- as we continue to bathe in the irony that the Europeans will get an exercise tool a month before the US. The UK will have a Wii Fit membership fee of £69.99, while the rest of Europe pays €89.99.

The conversion of those prices to USD ends up being around $130, but Europeans are used to paying more for their games, and although Nintendo has yet to set price for the US, it did say that it would be under $100. So, $99.99?

[Via Wii Fanboy]

Tags: europe, nintendo, wii-fit, wiifit

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Daniel: Feb 27th 2008; 12:46PM

Am I the only one here who thinks that that kind of pricing is unacceptable. Wii Fit was a maybe for me before, but if I have to shell out €90 for it, then it's a no way. For that I could get Advance Wars and Z-Dub!

Anyone who reads IGN will know that in their recent survey (which got a massive 6116 people), less than 15% of people said they'd buy the game if it's over $89.99. I'm very much in the side that wouldn't.

How can Nintendo expect casual gamers to want to pay that much for what is, in all reality, a bunch of mini-games with yet another peripheral. Is there even any evidence this stuff helps you lose wait yet?

Rayonic: Feb 27th 2008; 1:29PM

Why does it seem like the more the Dollar falls on the markets, the more Europeans get shafted? It's almost funny, in a sad kind of way.

It probably *is* funny to economists.

Burnt Meatloaf: Feb 27th 2008; 3:31PM

Because it looks cool. Don't underestimate peoples' drive to spend obscene amounts of money due to their emotional reactions, without having even tried the game or reading any reviews.

The majority of people, IMO, have no concept of manufacturing costs, either. It probably costs Nintendo $8 to make the board with the wireless chip and bundled batteries, to say nothing of the cheap dev cost of the software. That is soooo totally worth $100!

Hell, I was sure the Wii would launch for $200 before the system was revealed at E3, but after seeing the long lines of people waiting to try out the machine, I knew Nintendo would jack up the price to $250. They did.

Curtis the Claw Game Master V2: Feb 27th 2008; 5:51PM

Nintendo knows casual gamers will buy this all over. All they need to do is advertise it as an add-on to their Wii Sports Machine and it will sell millions.

hvnlysoldr: Mar 1st 2008; 2:49PM

As of last week 4.6 lbs:
http://www.4colorrebellion.com/wii-fit/

el serpiente: Feb 27th 2008; 12:46PM

Pretty expensive for a futuristic cutting board. Is it dishwasher safe?

brian: Feb 27th 2008; 12:47PM

It will be like Wii Sports - Fun for 10 minutes and then you forget it.

deaftly: Feb 27th 2008; 12:55PM

Now now.... Wii Sports was fun for a week.

Grog: Feb 27th 2008; 1:03PM

Man, I still occasionally go on Wii Sports splurges where I spend all of my leisure time for a week playing golf. And that's by myself - it's way more fun with other folks.

deaftly: Feb 27th 2008; 12:48PM

$100 for this? I'll pass, and I thought Guitar Hero was expensive.

wait in the car: Feb 27th 2008; 12:54PM

Ouch. Definitely no way.

LiqwidZero: Feb 27th 2008; 12:56PM

It'll be $79 or $89.

Sean D.: Feb 27th 2008; 1:12PM

If there's one thing I learned from living in France for a while, it's that products usually cost in Euros what they cost in US Dollars (especially games- often even more in Euros), despite the 40% difference in value... For example, I paid €40 for the DS Internet Browser, and €35 for one of the DS Castlevanias (used).

I'll second the guess that it'll debut here at $79 or $89.

Sean D.: Feb 27th 2008; 1:46PM

Crikey! Right now,
1 Euro = 1.4865 U.S. dollars

The dollar is sinking quickly, AND you EU folks are getting price gouged!

umm....hello???: Feb 27th 2008; 2:02PM

what difference does it make between the euro and the dollar?? these items are made in Japan, so you need to compare against the yen.

Stef Geiger: Feb 27th 2008; 1:02PM

So much for Wii gaming being relatively inexpensive!

Nigeria: Feb 27th 2008; 1:16PM

I'm poor so I won't be getting this.

Gavin: Feb 27th 2008; 4:39PM

I hate gimmicky crap that ends up collecting dust so I won't be getting this.

gLitterbug: Feb 27th 2008; 1:18PM

Casuals will probably gobble this up nonetheless. Anyone else might want to have future more meaty games support it and a pricedrop I'd guess.

All in all I play too little to justify buying it. Apart from that I get my excersize in other places.

Markster: Feb 27th 2008; 2:49PM

This is correct.

Casuals already pay $250 for Wii Sports.
They won't balk at the idea of another $100 for Wii Fit.

Corbo: Feb 27th 2008; 1:22PM

I was thinking of getting Wii Fit at launch but now I think I'll wait until it comes down in price a bit, or maybe until another game comes out that justifies the Balance Board.

Is the board really that expensive/complicated that it can add another £30-40 to the price of a game? I doubt it.

el serpiente: Feb 27th 2008; 3:19PM

I don't think you people understand the value of this exciting new technology. It's not JUST a wii-fit controller, Nintendo will be unveiling some surprise functionality:

A) Wii-fit board features enhanced doormat capabilities. When your guest steps on it at the front door, it says "HEY-A WELCOME TO-A MY-A HOME-A".

B) If you remove the top plastic, there is a bonus surprise heating coil so you can invite your friends over for some tabletop sukiyaki, or perhaps a pot of fondue.

C) Have a door that just won't stay open? Just wedge your wii-fit board into the crack and it holds the door open for hours and hours! No power necessary!

D) Plug in your favorite headphones and take your wii-fit board on the road! Just step on the left or right side to change tracks. Of course, it is only in mono, but portable music was never such good exercise until now.

E) Hard to reach that top shelf in the kitchen? Wii-fit board has been engineered with the latest height-enhancement technology. Just place it under the area you want to reach, step up and you will magically be a few inches taller than you were!

Now, tell me again if this isn't worth the price.

me: Feb 27th 2008; 1:26PM

So not paying more than $65 for this....

baby sea tuna: Feb 27th 2008; 1:31PM

Yeah, that's about where I am too. Then again, I need another hunk of plastic in my house like I need another hole in my head, so...

Oreo: Feb 27th 2008; 1:35PM

For that much it's safe to say it's DOA.

The game isn't anything special so why does the damn board cost so much?

$100 for a big paperweight is way way WAY too much. The most I could see this being is $70. GH is a better game, you know there will be more of them so it's not a waste of money.

This could very well be a huge waste of money.

Nice job Nintendo, you fucked up yet again.

KayRazy Ken Kutaragi: Feb 27th 2008; 1:35PM

Hey such "innovation" does not come cheap.
Man the Wii is going to have a stellar 2008 with yet another AAA title that puts Sony's lineup to shame.
That's it...I am going on Ebay right now and buying the most innovative and best priced console of this generation. And it will only cost me $400.

Wii on fellas
I love Mario

Curtis the Claw Game Master V2: Feb 27th 2008; 1:48PM

The sad thing is that no one even pays any attention to your posts because of how much of a fanboy you are. Even if you have a valid point every once in a while no one will notice it because right when they see your name they know that your comment is just something pro-sony.

Mills and Boom: Feb 27th 2008; 3:43PM

You, sir, are a bit of a dumb.

I used to like Nintendo but I've felt let down a little (along with the other 2). Now my DS and Wii haven't been ued much.

I didn't read your post either. I don't care about your opinion with a name and avatar like that. Soz ard.

Curtis the Claw Game Master V2: Feb 27th 2008; 5:48PM

Actually I just saw your name, I didn't read your first post at all. I did read the one that was a reply to mine. The funny thing is your whole point fails because I have a PS3 and not a Wii. You are exactly the Nintendo fanboy you are describing, on every article that says something negative about anything regarding the PS3 you try to defend it by saying something "bad" about another console. For example on the article about Haze yesterday people called it generic and all you could say was something about how the Wii has generic games on it.

Curtis the Claw Game Master V2: Feb 27th 2008; 5:58PM

I hate when joystiq deletes peoples posts...all these replies were to Ken.

JodyAnthony (death by snoo-snoo): Feb 27th 2008; 1:47PM

gamestop (i know, i know) has the price listed as $79.99. at least they did when I preordered it. Who knows though. I'll still be getting it no matter how much it costs.

Noshino: Feb 27th 2008; 4:08PM

$300?

ALH: Feb 27th 2008; 2:01PM

Hands up who thinks that many casuals and non-gamers will buy this thinking its a DVD workout system 'from the guys who brought you wii' and not realise you actually need the wii to play it.

The price is kinda ridiculous, i cant see many people shelling out that much for it, especially since dance mat games are is practically the same thing for way cheaper (and actually have a competitive gameplay aspect!)

Mastgrr: Feb 27th 2008; 2:01PM

NEWSFLASH! In Europe prices always include sales tax. Taxes are also generally higher in Europe.

D_Average: Feb 27th 2008; 2:14PM

Man, thats more than I spend on sneakers for exercise in reality

zero2dash: Feb 27th 2008; 2:22PM

I have no interest in this peripheral or any games that come out for it even if the price was $5.

WiiFit = dumbest.idea.ever.

And I've owned plenty of gimmick short lived peripherals (ie the PowerGlove, which was not "so bad" like Lucas said it was.)

Mills and Boom: Feb 27th 2008; 2:30PM

Strange that this "dumbest.idea.ever" (I think your space bar has been replaced by period) is doing so well in Japan.

Hmm.

zero2dash: Feb 27th 2008; 4:26PM

So Japanese people are the smartest in the world and if they purchase it, it's solid gold then eh?

Question for you then -
would you also say that the rest of the world does not know that hentai and alien tentacle/monster rape porn is the best porn in the world?

Or that subway train sims are the greatest thing since sliced bread #2 aka Final Fantasy?

Thought so.

Japanese people are weird and fickle. Don't take their sales numbers as anything but sales numbers.

Mills and Boom: Feb 27th 2008; 6:28PM

Lol what a douche.

I've heard so much excitement for this thing from non-gamers that I'm worried there will be none left for me come launch day. There's a mad hype for it.

Oh and following your own advice, all you're hearing here is the comments from gamers who were never the market for this product. And you're calling it a failure already (despite it being the complete opposite in Japan). You make me laugh.

Wiifit will sell very well. Just not to gamers.

WiiSports part 2 says hi.

Mills and Boom: Feb 27th 2008; 6:29PM

Forgot to say that when it does sell well I'll point you out and laugh.

Pre-emptive sorry for that.

Mills and Boom: Feb 27th 2008; 2:29PM

I'll buy that.

Oddly enough it comes to the same price as what my bro paid for Halo 3 and its "DLC", or Oblivion and the DLC. Or any other game. But in this case you get hardware with it.

£70. I'm there. But I was expecting £80-90.

Roll on release date!

Luke Smith: Feb 27th 2008; 2:33PM

I would rather have Rock Band. (Been Wait 5 months now still not out.)

£70? Thats too much for Wii Sports:Legs Edition.

I would only buy if can down to budget price.

ThornedVenom (Patapornographer): Feb 27th 2008; 2:58PM

Nintendo, heads-up:

Consoles may be region-locked, but not peripherals.

Burnt Meatloaf: Feb 27th 2008; 3:34PM

Yeah, but peripherals are more expensive to ship internationally than games.

careyticoalu: Feb 27th 2008; 3:31PM

i pity el serpiente for being ignored here.. keep up the 'jokes' ??

it was reaaallyy funny.. har har

Mr Khan: Feb 27th 2008; 5:26PM

Well, certainly not worth it for one game. But it would be a worthy price if you get something like a new 1080, some kinda skating game, and Wii Fit, and the board

For a single-use peripheral? No, but if it gets utilized well (which is still up in the air), i'll totally go for that

Nexus: Apr 6th 2008; 3:48AM

Just checked yesterday and in Netherlands Guitar Hero 3 costs 99,99€. Which is also the same I paid in Norway for Guitar Hero 2. I wouldn't say the wired guitar in Guitar Hero is any more worth than the Wii Fit board. So I wouldn't say their European price is totally off. Not when it comes to Norway or Netherlands at least.

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