Virtual Console Prices Revealed at IGN

It was posted on IGN that new Virtual Console games for the Nintendo Wii will be between $4.50 and $8.99. Note that is for new games and not existing games ported from NES, SNES, N64 or any other console that is supported via the Virtual Console. This is good news and is just more good news for the Nintendo Wii. Nintendo is positioning itself to take back more marketshare. Earlier this month Nintendo stated that they would ship 6 million consoles by the end of March 2007 and ship 4 million of those by the end of 2006. Those are the same numbers that Sony has put down for the Playstation 3 of which Sony has dominated the market for the past 5 or so years with the PS2. It would be interesting to see what the shipments will be like for the Xbox 360 during that same period of time. I will scour the internet for any tidbits of information so that we can get a comparison. Can anyone out there find something with the Xbox 360 numbers for the end of 2006?

Nintendo Wii voted best of show for consoles

Today Cnet news cited that the Nintendo Wii had been voted best of show by video game critics. This is good news and pub for Nintendo. Nintendo has to create a big buzz before the console launches to gain back some marketshare and to get more third party publishers online with them. I hope the gaming industry keeps heeping good news and awards on the console, Nintendo needs it.