Anything under $500 is pretty affordable for most families.. and people are continuing to buy them (as a really cool dust ornament), so they probably see no need to lower their profits down here if they don't have to.

^ Pretty much. We're still being made to pay through the nose for the Wii, even though the price has been reduced everywhere else. It wasn't so bad at launch, but it's getting ridiculous.

"Nintendo Australia advise that there are currently no plans to reduce the price of Wii in Australia.  However we want to ensure that we provide continued great value oriented product to our consumers so we will be implementing a range of software bundles through to Christmas that will appeal to everyone."

Translation: Aussies will continue to buy our product no matter what we charge, but hey - if you're still upset, please look through our list of ways you can give us more money.

Should be a competitive christmas unlike last year which was just wii wii wii wii

Seriously surprised?

Yeah, the US price is like AUD$170 cheaper.

It's still fairly cheap though.. would imagine a lot of people must already have them though

Considering you can get a 360 for less and a PS3 costs only $100 extra, I wouldn't exactly call the Wii "cheap".

It's still fairly cheap though.. would imagine a lot of people must already have them though