Loud Mouthed Gamers: "Well this is slightly unexpected, not that the Wii U’s release date has been leaked, but that the price hovers around $499. According to Amazon Germany the console is set to release on December 21."
Update UPDATE: We've had someone translate this for us and part of it reads: "Please note that Nintendo has not yet provided retail price and the price may drop even more."
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this is an interesting game of chess
Let's say that it's built with today's equivalent of 360 hardware. That would make it a little more powerful than the 360 (which most developers seem to agree that it is). The 360 MIGHT cost about $100 to make. I only guess that because you can build a computer with similar features as powerful as the 360 for about that price. The fancy WiiU controller is just a cheap-ass tablet. It's not even multitouch. It's the cheapest "mobile" screen they could find. And it can't cost more than $100 to make, either.
So Nintendo is about $200 deep in manufacturing. That means they could launch this thing at $249 and do just dandy. But they probably won't. They'll probably launch at $299 to help cover advertising costs, customer services, etc. That price still keeps it competitive with PS3.
They won't go above $299 unless they just want to look like it's a bigger deal than it actually is...which is entirely likely.
@inv
Nintendo profits from day 1 on HW, more raw power, more costly, no subsidized HW, higher price, so I'm sure they packed enough to make the leap in HW but without going nuts with the price-tag, the only thing that needs to be known is how much the U-pad cost
Thats what my friend told me from Nintendo company.
Thats what my friend told me from Nintendo company.
Whose to say there plan isn't to do the same here.
I love how people think it was "a mistake" um...maybe they had almost zero intention to actually keep it at $250, but see how much sales they can get before they drop it.
I suspect $399 is there real price, but $499 is there launch price before they say "oh...our bad. We made a mistake and learned our lesson (stuffs briefcase)"
LOL!
Exactly.
Some people say that's why they might repeat the 3DS pricing scheme again. Make money on Nintendo loyalists first with a few million units then the price cut - which is piss off stupid.
Not to mention the cpu is a moderm cpu that does way more than the 360,its called being more modern just like gearbox and epic said the cpu is modern with powerful features and 32MB of EDRAM and 2 GIG of RAM,thats 4 times the RAM and 7 times the EDRAM of the 360 the only console in history to have 5mb of EDRAM this RAM is used for extreme calculations for major upgrades in gamesplay ect and to have 32MB/728mb is amazing in terms of power and shits on the 360 its why the wiiu can have better versions of ports right out the gate ????? THICK DILUSSIONAL PEOPLE ON HERE END OF.
Lets see what Crytek's partner thats making a wiiu game on CE3 looks like ground up i bet it shits on most pc games ?? LETS SEE
Though they dropped it, they made a lot of money back that they would had needed to work years to get out of the red.
Them being in the black now might have to do with that infamous $600 launch price. Remember people, this is a marathon NOT a race.
If Nintendo does a $499 system, i wouldn't blame them. Shit i would do the same thing. Keep it $499 for about 5 to 6 months and then lower it to "the real price" lol! The first adapters will help this happen and keep happening. LOL
Here's another place holder, http://www.shopto.net/WII%2... £280.
Clearly there's no set price yet.
If thats the case, WiiU games will cost $100... you know, cause amazon said so...
Based on what i saw graphically at E3, the fact that there is no hard drive in the WiiU and the lessons learned from the 3DS launch, im sticking with a $300 price tag. Maybe $350 if they include Nintendoland and a Wiimote or WiiU Pro controller(i hope the latter because i already own 2 wiimotes)
I will say $299 at the most for the system which is a great price for next generation console systems like the rumored 720.
I will say $299... which is a great price"
Well since YOU say so. How lucky are we that you are the Pricing God? Thanks!
Also, why would the Wii U launch for more than the supposed Xbox 720 is going to aim to launch for, and with less tech?
Of course not.
It will be $250. $300 MAX.
just look at what they showed already for wii-u. some stuff looks worse than the other consoles. the graphics shouldnt even be comparable. when the ps4 and 720 aare running that new final fantasy engine the wii-u will just look like an old console. which it is.
its what we have already been playing. it will be cool (i think) the first 2 years, then ps4 launches and BOOM, wii-what?
http://wiiudaily.com/2012/0...
Well it's nice to know you can judge a consoles power based on launch titles... Wait you can't!
Nice to know you can pretend that the screens from Assassin's Creed and Batman Arkham City didn't look better than WiiU... Wait you can't do that either!
Well at least you know for sure that WiiU can't run Unreal or Luminous...
Don't tell me you know that either!
Well at least you have PS4 and NextBox specs on you , right?
No? Pitiful.
By the way I have pics of the WiiU Arkham City version looking better than PS3.
http://wiiudaily.com/2012/0...
Go ahead fanboys, disagree...
You know you've just been LOGICED.
To the tit that says 6 year old tech what a plum the wiiu has a brand new CPU end of using Watson tech is hardly 6 year old tech is it come on,and the gpu is a HD6770 look it up very powerful about 7 times that of the 360 look it up cowboy it even shits on the 720's rumoured gpu the 6670 yes the 6670 is 4 times that of 360 but not as good as WiiU graphics sorry.
This gen = emotional fanboys ;)
You know what I say... I say WiiU is going to have power... You know you I have to back me up on that? Oh just Epic, Gearbox, Vigil, Crytek...
You've just been LOGICED.
$500 - max for the hardcore (after the PS3 fiasco, amazing console $600, I learned my lesson)
$300 - max for mass market appeal
$200 - sweet spot for mass market appeal
$100 - One for the man cave, one for your kids (if you have them), one in the bedroom
for 6 year old tech ?!?
F-F-F You, Nintendo..
if true, ofcourse.
You cant maximize sales selling something 3 days before Christmas, many people buy their presents much earlier and are not gonna wait and risk not having anything if it sells out or they cant stand in lines overnight.
And $500?! yea right. They haven't even shown final specs for the processor and gpu, and it has to handedly beat the current gen to demand a price that high. It seems like its not gonna be too impressive from a numbers standpoint. Not that it mattered for the wii, but they're being way too secretive about this stuff.