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05/04/2007: "Wii in Singapore"

music: P.D.A (We Just Don't Care) - John Legend

Heard that the Wii was launched in Singapore last month, so out of curiousity I decided to look up for some information on it. (Even though I've decided I'm not going to buy one until the prices drop and I'm earning my own money... which means it'll be a at least a couple of years before I get one. >_>)

Anyway, thought I'd post something that cracked me up:

First, details on the pricing of the Wii in Singapore:

1) The Nintendo Wii console alone is priced at S$499 /w GST (Goods Service Tax). Now get this, we were also informed that the console will still remain at S$499 (GST included) come this July, when the GST is increased from 5% to 7%. (Update: The Wii will be sold as a bundle at retail, which comes with one game and one additional Wiimote controller for S$649)
2) The Wii will come included with Wii Sports.
3) It'll come with an officially approved 220v adapter.
4) Wii titles will be priced at S$79.90 (/w GST), or there and about.
5) The Wiimote controller will be priced at S$69.90 (/w GST)
6) The Nanchuk attachment controller will be priced at S$39.90 (/w GST)
7) The Wii Classic controller will be priced at S$39.90 (/w GST)
8) All prices above are Standard Retail Pricing (SRP).

And then an astute forum-goer's observation:

u all look carefully at the bundle price...if i buy the components individually i can save 20cents man! bundle my ass....i'm not going to get it if its so freaking expensive...

Way to do your math, Maxsoft. Are you really that hard up that you'd attempt to trick us consumers out of a measly 20cents? And I don't actually know why I find that post so amusing, I just do. I suppose it has to do with how disgusted that forum goer sounds, and perhaps also because of the profusion of "PUI!"s that another poster on that forum uses whenever he's complains about the crappy job Maxsoft is doing. XD

EDIT: And apparently this is just a "soft" launch, meaning that the Wiis are just US imports with switched power bricks, so you can't even choose "Singapore" in the country setting. 0_o