I'll keep this quick and simple. The Wii is actually the most expensive console of this generation. Here's why:

Wii = NZ$500
Extra controller w/ Wii Play = NZ$110
Extra nunchuck = $50

Already we're looking at NZ$660. Yes, you get two games that show off the Wii's potential well, but that's a lot to pay, especially when you can get an Elite with Halo 3 and Fable 2 for NZ$60 less. But wait, there's more. Whereas 360 and PS3 games eventually drop in price, Wii games generally do not. Here is a listing for Twilight Princess, a launch title. It's still NZ$90 and that's in a temporary sale. Super Mario Galaxy is nearly two years old now, and it still retails for the same price it sold at launch. Same with pretty much any decent Wii title. (Admittedly, the trash goes cheap and quick.)

So, if you take your NZ$660 and then decide to chuck on three or four decent titles, you're looking at around NZ$1100 or so. Now, that is less than the price that the PS3 launched here for (and less than I paid for mine), so it hasn't always been a hideous deal. But now you can get a PS3 for NZ$700 and that usually has a copy of inFamous thrown in as well. Given that you can pick up platinum titles such as Uncharted for as little as N$35 a pop, you can practically get a PS3 and ten titles for the cost of a Wii with six titles (including Wii Sports and Wii Play).

I can't be the only one that sees a problem with this.

Unfortunately, it keeps me from buying anything new for my Wii, as much as I would like to. I just can't justify paying $100+ for a title any more. (I might make an exception for Final Fantasy XIII.) I don't so much mind the console being the price it is, but honestly there is no justification for having a launch title at the same price it was when it released.

/rant