Wii Wheel pricing leaked by GameStop

by Candace Savino on Mar 31st 2008 3:00PM

According to a recent weekly ad from GameStop (pictured above), the Wii Wheel will end up costing $14.99 in the U.S. (Note: Although this price for a standalone Wii Wheel has yet to be confirmed by Nintendo, GameStop tends to be accurate about these things.)

That seems like a lot of money for a plastic shell, don't you think? It's true that the Wii Zapper costs more, but at least that comes with a Link's Crossbow Training pack-in. Plus, we don't think we're being too hypocritical, considering we haven't bough ourselves a Zapper, either.

Mario Kart Wii will come with a Wii Wheel, so if you find the experience of playing with it to be incredibly awesome, you might decide to fork over the extra cash to buy some more. Being the cheapskates we are, though, we'd much rather get used to playing with the Wiimote alone, or just hook-up our GameCube or Classic controllers.

Gallery: Mario Kart Wii

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Reader Comments (39)

I don't know why people keep acting like $15 is some ridiculously high sum of money.

It is if you're a college student who's usually low on funds. :/

Do you know what $5 can get you in college? A decent meal. And if you're willing to toss that away, it means you must be doing well in your job. ...for the rest of us who are cursed with 2 systems and in college: $15 is a do-or-die option.

Yes, well, for those of us living in real life, it's not going to kill us. You don't need to be making a lot of money for $15 to be something you can waste.

now that was ignorant...

Ignorant? No. The truth? Yes.

$15 is reasonable for it. Not a lot of money at all. If $15 is a lot to you, then you probably should not be spending your money on video games. Simple as that.

I can't even think of a cheaper controller accessory.

@BK: But that's what the $15 is for, for the video games. :/
Video games are actually cheaper than my other hobbies... Being the jack-of-all-trades that I am, I have more hobbies than I can count... ...so video games are cheaper since they'll distract me FROM the other hobbies that could cost a LOT more. X_X

$15 is a lot for the poor man and the satisfied man.
... I'm clearly satisfied with the things that I have, but I always like the idea of "extra"... and that "extra" happens to start at $15...

... wish I had some "extra" cash to go with that. :/

Gee, why would anyone think that 15$ for a solid chunk of plastic that costs 2$ for nintendo to have made and shipped from china?

15$ is much for that when I can pick up a used PS2 game for that price. Sure, 15$ won't get you a car, or even a full tank of gas, but it'll get you a lot more money if properly invested, or it'll get you the already existant nyko Wii wheel and 5$ change.

Seriously, it's a bit much to claim that 15$ is nothing, it's all a matter of comparitive valuation, what else can 15$ get me? A tonne more than a crappy piece of plastic, that's for sure.

-Don't forget you can get a darn good meal with $15! ... $5 meals get sad...

"I don't know why people keep acting like $15 is some ridiculously high sum of money."

It's not, but as long as people don't start acting like the Wii Wheel is going to replace their classic or gamecube controllers for this game then we got a fair trade.

They are acting like it's a bunch of money because you can buy the same damn thing at Best Buy for only $10, that means gamestop's price is 150% higher. gamestop rips us off again, what else is new.

These comments were all made when everyone thought the MSRP was going to be $15.

forget the $15, I thought that this was going to be $60, but the price point is actually $50, now that has me pumped!

Don't forget that Gamestop marked the Zapper up $5, they could be doing more of the same here.

No, the $15 price point is Suggested Retail.

-racecar
http://everybodyvotes.blogspot.com

I thought I had previously seen it mentioned somehwere that additional wheels would be $10 not $15...

What a rip off!
I too have forgone the overprices zapper and instead got the Nyko gun on sale form much less. Its really nice for Ghost Squad.
Although I wish GS let you choose a button other than A to use for menus, would rather map it to either C or Z on the nunchuck.

My local Blockbuster is offering the wheel for free when you put $5 down on Mario Kart.

Since Wii Wheel is also offered as an add-on, how many players does the game support in multi-player mode (split screen not Wi-Fi Connection)?

I got the Zapper when it first came out and I love it. I am looking forward to using the Wii Wheel as well (although I won't be buying an extras).

Boooo whats the point in hooking up the gamecube controller? Why bother even getting a wii if all you wanna do is use the gamecube controller? For that, just keep playing gamecube games. MKart wii has awsome motion steering controls.. who wouldnt wanna play it that way? I know I do

Personally I like the fact that Nintendo is catering to those that want the new motion controls and fellow sticks-in-the-mud (such as myself) who prefer the "normal" controls that I've used for over 20 years.

Mario Galaxy was the perfect game for Wii controls.
SSB Brawl was the perfect game to leave alone (control-wise).
Mario Kart is in that grey area where I could go either way.

I've got a newphew and a few cousins ranging from 6-8 years old....oh yeah, they'll eat this thing up.

$15 may not be a large sum of money, but it adds up if you are trying to support four players. That's $45 or almost the cost of another game. Still, I suspect that many stores will sell it for a discounted $10 price.

Exactly.

...for me, I actually have to pay for SIX controllers (my gf has a Wii too, and I'm the main provider for her accessories and games as well)!

At least it's optional. The plastic guitar and drums for Rock Band that are required and continue to break cost me $120. My instruments have spent more time in the mail than connected to my console.

Relax, it's not like there won't be about 50 third-party clones of this coming out of China over the next year, most likely selling for 5 to 10 bucks and rich in lead and/or GHB.

You're right

Didn't Ubisoft or Midway or someone make a relatively bad steering wheel right back around launch?

That was Ubisoft that released a very (VERY!) crappy steering wheel for Monster Truck 4x4 and GT Pro Series (2 very, VERY! crappy games).

Umm, when did it change to April 27th, I thought this was supposed to be out tomorrow? I remember when I picked up Brawl , I pre-ordered and the sign at gamestop said the April 1st, was I looking at the wrong thing or has it been pushed back since then?

Actually April 27 is the only US release date Nintendo has ever released. Any other dates you saw were just estimates made by Gamestop or other companies / web sites.

This may be a cheaper (and possibly better) alternative depending on the final pricing. http://www.thrustmaster.com/Press.aspx?PressID=97

"GameStop tends to be accurate about these things"

Actually, they have a tendency to charge MORE than MSRP on some things (especially first-party Nintendo things)...

Like what?

I've never found them to be more than the MSRP on anything (including games, controllers, Wii Point cards, etc).

I'm sure the $15 price tag has something to do with the indestructible nature of Nintendo products.

(i said as much on the joystiq article as well, but at comment #86, no one's going to notice it anymore =P)

*goes to read the comment*
xP

Ooh! 15% off if you reserve! If i don't get money back, i'll have 73.03 after MKWii. After 15%, $80...
Will Circuit City do a $10 gift card thing again? If they do it for MK & WiiFit...i'll have enough for WiiFit! Or should I get Okami?

You should get Okami. Mario Kart will be around forever but Okami might not be if enough people don't buy it.

What retard would pay $15 for a piece of plastic? I will wait for 3rd party, or better yet, you don't even need it.

15$? that means in Europe it's probably gonna be at least 15 euro. 19,99 sound like a good bet. But you do get one for free with Mario Kart. Plus you can also play the game with the other controllers so it's not like anyone is forcing you to buy this.

Oh and 2$ for making this thing? Just the wheel maybe. But it's probably gonna come with a shipload of manuals in all kind of languages, warning and warranty booklets and other stuff. Plus it's bulky so add a bit more on packaging. Than add several shippings and a nice margin for the retailer and voila....15$.

And ofcourse this price isn't just based on the value of the underlying product. You also pay for the Nintendo brand. And it's priced against other products (racewheels as well as other accesoires).

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