Travis

Yeah, well technically God made all the creatures of the earth and sea the 4th and 5th day. So using Wright's calculations, they're really only at .11G.

The real people that lose with the higher than expected wii price are the third party game makers. They were under the assumption that the system would be cheap and would driven to success by the price tag and innovation in the hardware and games. I think nintendo waited on the price so that they could get the internet all riled up about how great the system is. This would in turn motivate the 3rd party gamemakers to jump aboard, just creating more good news for the system. Now that the gamemakers have invested their money in the games they're releasing, Nintendo raises the price (Nintendo knew that everybody assumed it would be $200) and they are virtually stealing from the game makers. The people who were set to get a wii will still get one at $250, but if they walk in the store intending to spend $350, it's basically a lost sale on a game for another company.