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#301 Adr990

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Posted 15 January 2012 - 11:42 AM

@ GeneralCraezy, Haha :P That would be sick.
But we can hope ofcourse.. hehe

I think the WiiU will be around, €400.
The original Wii was €250, and the Wii was printing money. They learned from the 3DS, but they will take their chances at the Wii brand.
So than for being a powerfull console, let's add €100 shamelessly for being already late to the HD party.
Then add €50 for the WiiU controller. And let's add some free demo games, so people won't be to chocked by the price.



It also could be 350, that would be a really nice price.
But afaik, Xbox 360 and PS3 did also start at at least the price of €400 here in Europe.

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Posted 15 January 2012 - 01:06 PM

@ GeneralCraezy, Haha :P That would be sick.
But we can hope ofcourse.. hehe

I think the WiiU will be around, €400.
The original Wii was €250, and the Wii was printing money. They learned from the 3DS, but they will take their chances at the Wii brand.
So than for being a powerfull console, let's add €100 shamelessly for being already late to the HD party.
Then add €50 for the WiiU controller. And let's add some free demo games, so people won't be to chocked by the price.



It also could be 350, that would be a really nice price.
But afaik, Xbox 360 and PS3 did also start at at least the price of €400 here in Europe.

where are you? countrywise :P

300 euros = £290 = $440
400 euros = £330 = $500
hmmm... thats a bit much XD

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Posted 15 January 2012 - 09:32 PM

Who is gonna trade in they're wii and some games to buy the U. I have 250 if I trade in my wii it should take 50$ off. Then I can buy if it's 300.

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Posted 15 January 2012 - 10:19 PM

Who is gonna trade in they're wii and some games to buy the U. I have 250 if I trade in my wii it should take 50$ off. Then I can buy if it's 300.

I will only trade in my wii if I know for certain my VC games like majoras mask are able to transfer to an SD card and be played on the wii u. I'm not paying twice for them. Also, I have a bunch of 360 games I plan on selling to, maybe even my 360 as I now have a PS3 as a secondary console.
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Posted 15 January 2012 - 10:23 PM

Who is gonna trade in they're wii and some games to buy the U. I have 250 if I trade in my wii it should take 50$ off. Then I can buy if it's 300.

I collect Nintendo consoles, so not me.

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Posted 15 January 2012 - 10:25 PM

I wont trade in, I'll probably just give my wii to someone who wants it or let it collect dust. I am hoping the console is around the 450-500 mark.
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Posted 15 January 2012 - 10:59 PM

I will never trade in. I like to collect stuff so my Wii and it's games are going to be neatly and carefully stored.

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Posted 15 January 2012 - 11:16 PM

$400-500 NZ :D
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Posted 16 January 2012 - 02:33 AM

I'll keep my Wii to play GameCube games.
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Posted 16 January 2012 - 11:34 AM

^^^ Good point ^^^

Too bad I don't have one, my friends have gamecubes, though. I could play at their house. I bought the ps2.

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Posted 16 January 2012 - 11:45 AM

Let's not make predictions on prices for countries you don't live in agreed... Because people in the us don't pay as much as people in Europe or Australia

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Posted 16 January 2012 - 12:24 PM

Yeah, you guys get it easy :(

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Posted 19 January 2012 - 05:28 PM

Found the statement Iwata made about the wii u not being cheap and not being priced at $250

http://www.xbitlabs....f_Nintendo.html
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Posted 20 January 2012 - 10:57 PM

I'm gonna go for 350 USD.

Currently, PlayStation 3s and Xbox 360s are being bundled at $300 and doing pretty well. To pull off an E3 2006 is not in Nintendo's best interest, and after what happened with the 3DS launch, I don't think Nintendo want to be doing another drastic price drop. Making the product affordable is key if Nintendo wants the Wii U to launch successfully, and $350 just sounds like a sweet spot for pricing.

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Posted 22 January 2012 - 06:22 AM

Yeah $349.99 is pretty reasonable, especially if it comes with a pack-in game. Note that at that price it would be competitive with a 320 GB PS3 Slim package.

Edited by JessPrime, 22 January 2012 - 06:22 AM.

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Posted 22 January 2012 - 06:26 AM

how much was the 3DS at launch in US?

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Posted 22 January 2012 - 06:35 AM

how much was the 3DS at launch in US?


$249.99

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Posted 22 January 2012 - 07:59 AM

So you think its gonna be about $100 more O.o I think its gonna be about the same and if not only about £20-£30 more :P

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Posted 22 January 2012 - 08:13 AM

General, iwata said at e3 2011 that it won't be $249.99. The Wii U is much more powerful than 3DS. Plus the 3DS costs $101 to make whereas the console alone probably costs $150-180, nevermind the controller, etc.

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Posted 22 January 2012 - 12:23 PM

So you think its gonna be about $100 more O.o I think its gonna be about the same and if not only about £20-£30 more :P


you must be trolling if you think the wii u will be priced barely above rhe 3ds
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