Unlike Sony, Nintendo looks to have set themselves reachable goals for the Wii launch. I grabbed this from ExtremeTech:

Nintendo's Wii will ship November 19 and retail for $250 if a report by The New York Times (by way of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer -- who appears to have leaked the story early, as it hasn't shown up on the New York Times webpage, yet) turns out to be legit.

Additionally, the report details that Nintendo expects to ship four million units worldwide by the end of the year (it does not specify whether that is the calendar or fiscal year). For $250, consumers won't just be getting the Wii-system, however. From the report:

Nintendo intends to announce today that every Wii will come with a game compilation called Wii Sports -- including tennis, golf, baseball and bowling -- meant to show off the machine's intuitive controls.

Since Nintendo isn't trying to bundle a bunch of new components, they should be able to hit that date. With the $250 price tag, I think they'll really hit the sweet spot of disposable income at the holiday season.

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