Comments on: Is The Nintendo Wii U Really Going To Retail For $600?

By: tlowther09

tlowther09 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:16:04 +0000

Hey 360 yes ps3 are you pondering what im pondering yes ps3 if nintendo does it 1st and we copy it and add more power will that make us better then nintendo YES! YES!!!!! 360 LOL.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:48:58 +0000

As shawn mentioned, you have the currency wrong.
Ps3 launched in Australia for a massive $1000Aud, and the wii at $400.

And dont think that the american dollar being worth the same or less than the Australian Dollar right now means anything – I can still buy anything from the USA, have it express shipped, and increase its warranty for less than it cost me to go buy it locally from a price saving store (That is why Australia got labelled the Land of The Rip Off)

So no matter how well our dollar is doing – American pricing will almost always assume a $1usd to .60aud. If that makes sense.

Besides, if it doesn’t sell as well as they hope – they’ll go 3ds on it and drop the price down by half, and make anyone who already has it an ambassador. So just wait 2 months.

I am posting comments to quickly?

By: james

james — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:07:54 +0000

I thought they weren’t making it with next, next-gen power so to keep the price point down? If it’s going to cost as much as a next, next-gen console, I want a little more power then they are giving.
I’ve been hearing talk that MS wants to keep the initial price of the 720 down low, and if that’s the case Nintendo is going to have a tough sell with both the PS4 and the 720 coming in cheaper.

By: Shawn Chopka

Shawn Chopka — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:57:16 +0000

Several flaws in your logic…

1) The $600 price quote is $600 Australian. You’re comparing it to $600 for the PS3, but that’s in American dollars. The Wii debuted in the states for $250, but in Australia it was around $400. $600 Australian for the Wii U would work out to about $375 American. Still a hefty jump, but certainly not more than double.

2) EB has a long track record of putting up a price long before a new item is for sale, and making that price what they think it’ll be worth. Then, when the manufacturer comes out with the real price, they adjust accordingly. This is likely just a placeholder price.

3) Your comments about paying for an extra tablet are currently unwarranted. When Wii U debuted at E3, they specifically said you would only need one tablet per console; in fact, they said they couldn’t even imagine a need to have a second tabled on one machine. Only recently have they changed that and started developing ideas where that might work (and tweaked the hardware to support it), but they still say their focus is to make it one tablet needed per console… everyone else plays with Wii remotes, which you already have.

So… how ’bout we wait for the facts, K?