For the first time in the history of video games, the price of a system may actually go up, at least in England. Citing exchange rate fluctuations, Nintendo will raise the wholesale price by about £19. So far, nobody is really sure if the price increase will simply be absorbed by retailers or if consumers will take the economy-sized bite in the form of an MSRP increase. Even if the price doesn't increase, the Wii will become the first console to maintain its launch price for two whole years. Not too bad for the most powerful, weakest system of this generation.
In related news, numbers of online users for the three systems are in, and the 360 was the clear winner. In second place was the Wii, with PS3 bringing up the rear. That's right, Wii beat PS3. I don't know if its because of the sheer numbers of Wii's versus PS3's, or if the Wii just has a more satisfying online component. HA! It's probably because Virtual Console games are, in general, more interesting to video game geeks than PSN games (except Echochrome and Pain... sweet). It's impressive though, considering what a hassle it is to get the Wii online. You have to buy an ethernet adaptor! For 30 bucks! Weak.
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