Nintendo WiiU Estimate Price

[Bacon Boy]

"EB Games Australia has set a price for Nintendo?s Wii U console coming in at A$598 Australian dollars. That translates to ?392 GBP or $633 USD.

Miyamoto has said, Wii U would not dramatically outperform current consoles. Because the Wii U was intended to strike a balance between power and remaining cheap and accessible.

In comparison, the Wii launched at ?179 GBP, $249 USD or A$399 AUD and can now be had for under AUD $180. The PlayStation 3 launched at $599 USD, ?425 GBP or A$999.95 AUD. Whilst for A$398 AUD you can fetch a Xbox 360s 250GB bundle.

Please bare in mind that this is not the official price but an estimated rrp."

http://nintendowiiublog.com/eb-games-australia-wants-598-aud-for-wii-u/

 

[WalkaMan]

I bet it's gonna be around $450 USD, maybe less. They said it cost about $300 to make, and If they wanna keep it cheap and accessible I can't see them wanting to price it over $500.

 

[Ciaran]

300 euro / dollars.

Calling it.

 

[[Nook]]

Now if Wi-Fi isn't free, you can call me out.
...for a few years.

 

[Wish]

Now if Wi-Fi isn't free, you can call me out.
...for a few years.

I don't think the WiiU is going to be all that good. Popular for a few months then it's going to die off like the wii.

 

[WalkaMan]

Now if Wi-Fi isn't free, you can call me out.
...for a few years.

The only way they could even think about puttting a fee on services would be if they topped the Xbox, which I doubt they will.

 

[Vex L'Cour]

It'll be..


100...Billion...Dollars!

 

[Internetakias]

I don't think the WiiU is going to be all that good. Popular for a few months then it's going to die off like the wii.

Riiiiight, that's why the wii is one of the top selling consoles on the market.

 

[bloop2424]

$325 the games will cost $60-65

 

[Psychonaut]

I'm calling BS on this, simply because eb games doesn't have the correct information.
and that's because it isn't out there, yet.

remember gamestop putting release dates on animal crossing 3ds and other titles?

my guess is it will cost between $350 and $450. maybe less, considering the controllers will likely cost $100.. just guessing.

 

[Justin]

$350. Nintendo would never price a console over $350. It will include one controller. It would be $250 however due to the controller it will be jacked up to $350.

 

[Megamannt125]

Australia usually has overpriced games/consoles.

 

[bloop2424]

I'm calling BS on this, simply because eb games doesn't have the correct information.
and that's because it isn't out there, yet.

remember gamestop putting release dates on animal crossing 3ds and other titles?

my guess is it will cost between $350 and $450. maybe less, considering the controllers will likely cost $100.. just guessing.

As of all we know, you won't need more than one controller there are WIIMOTE and the controller compatibility, like on the chase mii game

Also, who would buy another one? I would play it all to myself

 

[Josh]

I wouldn't mind about ?200 but ?300, Forget that, I'm going to play Xbox

 

[Vex L'Cour]

Australia usually has overpriced games/consoles.

and it doesn't have 18+ Games for the soul reason that they don't believe 'gamers are 18+'. So all games there have to be censored to pass for 15/16.

 

[Bogmire]

lol ausfailia
I'd rather live in Korea than a place that censors literally everything no matter how many people complain.

 

[Chocolatemilk2000]

Around $350.

 

[WalkaMan]

http://blog.machinima.com/insidegaming/2011/06/22/miyamoto-downplays-wii-u-power/

 

[Brad]

It'll be..


100...Billion...Dollars!

This^ made me laugh uncontrollably so some reason.

 

[Psychonaut]

As of all we know, you won't need more than one controller there are WIIMOTE and the controller compatibility, like on the chase mii game

Also, who would buy another one? I would play it all to myself

people who would buy another one would be:
people who drop their controller and crack the screen (replacement)
people who have brothers/sisters/family who want to play with them (multiple controllers for specific games)

the wii mote will still work, of course, but there will be games that take advantage of the screen in multiplayer. those games will require extra controllers, if you want to play multiplayer.