I would not pick up a wii at any price, the system has no games that interest me.

$50 is an insult to any system. You may as well admit it that you hate the system or the games on it. That would have been a better answer.

I know that here in Australia, no system has reached $50. Even the crappy Gamecube that sold like 250,000 units here dropped to $80 minimum. 

PS2 is still $99AUD, for it to get to $50 it would have to be out for a few more years on the market.

Depends on how good The Last Story is. I'd pay $100 if LS is great, $50 if it's not.

The games I'm interested in on the Wii are too expensive. They also lack any decent online components and they are not in HD. Twilight Princess is a Gamecube port that came out nearly 4 years ago on the Wii and it still costs $70 pre-owned  and $99 new http://www.ebgames.com.au/search?title=zelda&platform=wii. Mario Kart is still $99. Super Mario Galaxy is still $80. New Super Mario Bros is still $98  http://www.ebgames.com.au/search?title=mario.

Red Steel 2 is the only decent game I might want to buy and it's going for $49 http://www.jbhifi.com.au/games/nintendo/wii/. 

In the last few weeks I bought Heavy Rain for $35, Just Cause 2 for $45, Sega Super Stars Tennis for $5, The Saboteur for $18, Brutal Legend for $15 and the DJ Hero kit for $46. All those game are for my PS3 and they cost much less than the listed prices of all the good Wii games. In Australia the software for the Nintendo Wii is too expensive, I was a customer once and I was not satisfied.

no need for a wii. i borrowed my friends wii and didnt care for it.

Its an asymmetrical values thing. Just like i have no interest in any non-Nintendo system, many HD owners have no interest in any of the Wii.

I'd pay a $100.00 for it. The games dont deserve the price tag for gamecube graphics, i will pick one up for my kids one of these days but i wanted to hold out for the wii hd.

Zelda uses the Nunchuck, which has an analog stick on it.  As for DKC and Kirby, why would you want to use a stick?  2D platformers are better with a D-pad anyway.  The Wii Remote held NES style works great.

Insult to any system? I believe I bought used PS2 for less than 50€. Did I insult it?

You just don't see that different people value different things. Some might deem a product almost priceless and to some the same product is worthless. That's how it goes. You should not get insulted if people hold different values than you.

LIke I said right time right place. It takes effort to find games on Wii. Which means you have to have money saved up and ready to buy. Otherwise you miss out and end up paying full price or not getting it at all.

I bought Mario Kart for $74. New Super Mario Bros for $69 at K-Mart. 

The problem here is that EB and Game have too much control of the market. So they don't lower prices. Game usally has 6 monthly sales, I bout a lot of Wii games for under $50. Other stores like K-Mart etc.. do lower prices, however they don't stock that many great games and if they do it is only for a short period of time.

JB hifi do crazy stuff like one week game is full price then when a sale is on it is half price on Wii. Then next week it is back up to full price.

I think these shops are trying new ways to encourage people shopping and spending big at one time. Only stuff that doesn't sell off shelves goes to the bargain bins.

I sometimes look at online stores like dvdcrave.com.au, ebay, gamewarehouse.com.au for better deals.