Here’s a fact – Nintendo is going to own with their newest console is going rock, but how about that price?

Just before the Japanese press event started in earnest, an article surfaced at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that declared the Wii would launch November 19 at $250. Chat rooms and forums exploded as gamers debated the legitimacy of the story, which listed the New York Times as its source.

Since no one could find the information anywhere else — not on Reuters, the AP, or the NYT itself, we called both the New York Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to attempt to verify the story. Though we could not reach anyone at the NYT, we did speak with the city desk at the Seattle P-I, and they verified that the story was indeed pulled from the NYT’s wire and that it was not altered by the Seattle publication. Less than an hour later, the link disappeared from the main business page — though the article was still available via direct link and still listed as the “most read” on the RSS feed. Minutes later, even the direct link disappeared, and was replaced with the following information… Source: Seattle PI