Wii More Expensive Than Ever Online

Dec. 3 6:09 AM by Lynxara

I4U tracks the prices of the Nintendo Wii from online, largely third-party dealers, and comes to a shocking conclusion: the hottest of consoles has somehow gotten more expensive than it was last year.

The lowest price on the Amazon 3rd party Wii offers is $548.00. We at least are able to beat that price and our shipping fee is also lower. I really would rather be able to offer the Wii console for the $249.99 price Nintendo has set for it.

With Wii-hunting fiercer than ever, a few more Wii-hunting tips to complement our Wii Shopping Guide are waiting for you behind the cut.

The Shopping Guide mentions Wal-Mart's pricey $600 Wii bundle. This is a less restrictive option than it might seem, though. It turns out you can return any individual items in the bundle that you don't want to a local brick-and-mortar Wal-Mart store and get your money back.
If you live in the New York or L.A. areas, you can visit your local Nintendo World store. Reportedly these stores are selling roughly 300 Wiis a day to the first 300 people to request them. So if you can arrive at one of these stores in time for its opening, you have a good chance of snagging a machine... as long as you're in the first 300 places in line.
There are a lot of websites that claim to be able to help you get a Wii, and Wii Tracker is probably the best of them. This traces both online and brick-and-mortar stores' Wii supplies, and can offer valuable tips as to when shipments are going to arrive. This site may not be able to guarantee you a Wii in time for Christmas, though.