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[DidntKnowJack]

It's not even the prices that gets me - it's the internal storage.

 

[Shaffield]

Hm, probably gonna wait til next summer to get one then.
I think the Deluxe Digital thing is actually really nice, especially if it applies to DLC. Was there any word on that?

 

[Horse Armour]

Guess this rules out a PS3 or 360 price cut this year.

 

[gamergirly]

Pretty much.

Excited to see what the next Xbox/PS4 launch for. Could be interesting if it's around the same price.

Since Wii U is $299, I can only imagine how many more 100 dollar bills you will be pulling out for the other systems. If you can't afford Nintendo's system then good luck looking at anything else for the next 2 years

 

[1-D_FTW]

OP should really mention it doesn't include Wiimote/Nunchuk. Because I'm sure most people here haven't been following that closely and aren't aware of these hidden costs.

 

[Concept17]

8GB? No way.

I hope they have a 3DS-price-drop up their sleeve.

 

[vall03]

waiting for ambassador status after a few months then!

 

[pswii60]

Never mind the price, NSMBU looks absolutely phenomenal. Loving that level variety.

 

[SeanR1221]

It will be interesting to see this go toe to toe with the iPad mini the Christmas.

 

[rpmurphy]

<$300 was what I hoped so I guess it's not too bad. The premium edition is definitely the much more attractive package though. :S

 

[Mikey Jr.]

I'm paying $299 for some 360 power and 8gb of storage?

LOLZ. No.

Btw, the gamepad is also apparently $150.

 

[cleveridea]

man, I was hoping they would sell me on nintendoland, that looked very boring looking demonstration

initial reaction is its $50 too pricey

 

[Elios83]

Guess this rules out a PS3 or 360 price cut this year.

PS3 will get a price cut, 20GB model won't cost more than 199$ with two games included, maybe

Wii U isn't really an attractive product at lauch, it will be available in limited quantities, launch lineup is poor, it suffers from the competition of cheaper systems with similar graphics capabilities.
Nintendo has to work hard next year to make it a success.

 

[Snakeyes]

Yeah, no thanks. That's $50-100 too much for what it is.

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

Using Nintendoland for the pack-in is hilarious.

 

[Smokey]

GAF meltdown over $50 incoming, lol.

I am more intrigued by the cost of the Gamepad separately. $150?

wat? $150 for a controller lol dont think so

edit: wait is this true?!

lolz if so

 

[MrChocolate]

Apparently the whole 3DS thing has been erased from their memory bank.

How so? People are going to buy it even at this stupid price point.

Even if they cut the price in 6 months by $50, and lets say that it sells about 1 million unit in those 6 months. It is going to be 50 millions in pure profit, without a price cut.

Arrogance? Nah. It's just that Nintendo knows that there's a lot of people that will buy their machines at any price.

 

[Sheroking]

It's not even the prices that gets me - it's the internal storage.

So get the basic, and spend the 50 dollars on an external HDD.

 

[Mileena]

$150-200 PS360s incoming. Gonna be rough for da big U.

 

[WrenchNinja]

It's reasonable people. Good lord.

We'll see how reasonable it is in the coming months after launch.

 

[Thrakier]

OP should really mention it doesn't include Wiimote/Nunchuk. Because I'm sure most people here haven't been following that closely and aren't aware of these hidden costs.

Doesnt matter because motion gaming is dead. You wont need one. Its what I said weeks ago.

 

[ProtomanNeo]

Nintendo had a good run.

Number 1 console next gen confirmed.

 

[UncleSporky]

The price for Deluxe is super reasonable. Nintendo Land will probably retail for $50 anyway, so you're getting 24 gigs of storage and money saved on digital downloads basically for free.

 

[MrDaravon]

It's not even the prices that gets me - it's the internal storage.

Same here. $250/$299 would have been the sweet spot. $299/$349 is hardly unreasonable, but to get the system with the bundled game you want it's $100 more than it was on the Wii with Wii Sports and the internal storage on the "premium" version still sucks pretty bad.

Basically it's really not bad, but it's not knocking this out of the park like they need to.

 

[JaseC]

The Australian price is going to suck. :\

I'm guessing $450-$500 standard/$550-$600 deluxe.

 

[Raptor]

$350?

No thank you, will wait for a price cut maybe 2 years from now.

 

[Scum]

I was US$50 off! Bargain!

The Australian pricing for this is going to be tough on you, isn't it?

 

[Zia]

Bwahahahahaha... haha...









... hahahahahaha...

... ha!!

 

[Zombie James]

I think $199/299 would have been a better fit.

 

[BigAT]

What exactly am I supposed to do with 8 gigs?

 

[7Th]

isn't a new ps3 like 250?

With a 160GB HDD. And it is definitely getting a price drop for Christmas.

 

[Dibbz]

8GB Storage at $299? LOL holy fuck Nintendo.

 

[Like the hat?]

someone on the east coast call gamestop and see if they are doing preorders today

 

[gamergirly]

I'm paying $299 for some 360 power and 8gb of storage?

LOLZ. No.

Btw, the gamepad is also apparently $150.

When did the 360 have a Gamepad?

 

[spons]

$350?

No thank you, will wait for a price cut maybe 2 years from now.

They'll drop the price once next gen hits the stores.

 

[Anustart]

If Nintendo had announced the prices in reverse, US first and Japan second, I bet the meltdown wouldnt have been so severe.

 

[Teknoman]

Well damn...just woke up...that'll cut down my launch purchases/other things.

 

[LTWood12]

Can someone explain to me why an 8th gen system, which plans to sell retail games digitally day & date, only comes with a maximum 32 gig of storage?

 

[Gen X]

Get a second job ya whining bums!

 

[Stewox]

Wow so surprising... price/release date guys ... lol

 

[Revan]

This may have been mentioned already but is the WiiU backwards compatible with Wii games?

 

[DidntKnowJack]

So get the basic, and spend the 50 dollars on an external HDD.

No thanks. Shouldn't have to.

Guess I'm not getting Wii U at launch.

 

[Giant Panda]

Decent. Will be interesting to see Gaf's reaction when PS4 and Xbox3 are even more expensive.

 

[Korosenai]

Way too much.

I'll stick to my $100 blue wii and my $20 copy of Pikmin 2.

 

[Majmun]

Definitely not getting this during launch.

Will see if the WiiU goes the same way as the 3DS. Being very cautious now.

 

[WrenchNinja]

Can someone explain to me why an 8th gen system, which plans to sell retail games digitally day & date, only comes with a maximum 32 gig of storage?

Because Nintendo is thinking of you, the consumer. If they included a high capacity storage, well then they'd have to jack up the price wouldn't they? This way you can buy whatever storage amount you want.

 

[fu3lfr3nzy]

Can someone explain to me why an 8th gen system, which plans to sell retail games digitally day & date, only comes with a maximum 32 gig of storage?

8GB Storage at $299? LOL holy fuck Nintendo.

This is Nintendo were talking about :lol

 

[LiK]

called it, bitchesssssss

 

[onken]

Did Japan prices get announced yet?

 

[zlatko]

Well that confirms me not buying it day 1 or near launch. 8GBs? 300 bucks? Gtfo. No system sellers for software at launch?

Why bother? :/