In an exclusive interview with GameDaily BIZ Saturo Iwata hinted at the possibility of launching the Wii with a price of $200. He says to the interviewer that they may want to check past Nintendo launch prices and that these prices are all affordable. He then says that people will think the price of the Wii is also affordable. So far every home console from Nintendo has launched at $200, so it seems likely that Iwata is trying to hint at a launch price of around $200.

BIZ: I know that Nintendo has not officially announced a price for the Wii, but a rumor we spotted this week in EGM suggests a $249 price tag. Do you want to comment on that?

SI: [Laughs] As you know, that is speculation and we did not comment on the price point at all. What we’ve been repeatedly saying is that it’s going to be an affordable price point, and when we say affordable, you may want to check our past records of price points, launching price points for any past hardware… I think you’ll agree that we always come up with an affordable price point. So when we announce the Wii price point in the near future, I believe you are going to say, “That’s an affordable price point.”

Unfortunately there has been no news about the launch price in Europe, but I expect that it will be around £150 or less probably, going off the current differences in price for consoles here and in the US.