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According to Spong.com, there was an absolutely huge leak of internal Wii information over at IGN yesterday. What information? How about practically all of it? (Correction: See edit below, but the gyst is, IGN didn't pull or leak anything. This is all straight from IGN's rumor file.)
According to IGN's article, which was quickly pulled, the Nintendo Wii is going to launch on either November 2nd or November 12th. These dates might very well refer to different territories.
The Wii's price? A pecuniarily svelte $229.
The Wii will be shipped in two colors: black and white. Ashcraft will have to hold out for the pink.
Over 5.5 million Wii's will be produced by the end of the year, compared to the Playstation 3's 1-2 million units. And when the Wii costs $229 compared to the Playstation 3's $499-$599, our bet is they'll sell out all of them.
Keep in mind this isn't coming directly from Nintendo, but is a second-hand regurgitation of an IGN screw-up. But it certainly all seems plausible enough.
Edit: Okay, seems like this actually wasn't a leak at all. The piece being commented upon by Spong is actually still up and makes it clear these are rumors. Spong, on the other hand, claimed they'd been leaked and the article then quickly pulled. Apologies for the confusion! Spong didn't provide a link to the supposedly pulled article, so I couldn't check. Dorks.
Wii Launch Gossip Explosion! [Spong.com]
