yes they sure did because i bought a xbox 360 arcade the first year available for 199.99 in the usa .
the wii was still 249.99 cause i had bought one of those the previous year xmas time(2008 ish) actually . so ya and the arcade model came in 09 the wii price drop did not occur til 2010s mariokart wii bundle was sold alongside the current model in 2010 october which i bought the arcade model 2 times. the first time it was just with the arcade games . the 2nd one in 2010 was with the guitarhero walmart deal .
so yes the wii was at one time more expensive then the xbox arcade ,
and sold more better in fact that was the year wii broke records







