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[cyberheater]

With inflation, it's £380 today. Fuck me.

Still cheaper then my launch PS3.

 

[jonno394]

Talking about N64 prices, importing only added to the woes. Perfect Dark, Conker, revenge, wrestlemania 2000, no mercy and virtua pro wrestling 2 cost in excess of £70. I dont know how we coped back then.

Was always a pain getting them to work with converters, especially perfect dark. Had to plug donkey Kong in boot it up, yank it out, shove in the converter, turn off and on. Bingo.

 

[Cerebral Assassin]

I still remember Christmas 2000, when I got Majora's Mask, DK64 and 007: World is Not Enough.

£59.99 for DK64, £49.99 for Zelda and £45 for Bond. Thankfully, I had lots of relatives. People moan about prices of games today, but seriously - compared to my youth, they're cheap as fuck now.

Yeah, I remember convincing my parents to buy me SFII for £64.99, I had to agree to combine my birthday, Diwali & Christmas presents before they would get it for me, good days.

 

[Rich!]

Talking about N64 prices, importing only added to the woes. Perfect Dark, Conker, revenge, wrestlemania 2000, no mercy and virtua pro wrestling 2 cost in excess of £70. I dont know how we coped back then.

I remember using N64 Magazine's guide to import Sin and Punishment. You don't know the meaning of 'expensive' unless you did that too. Used all my pocket money, and it was amazing.

Thankfully, N64 mag had already sent me both an Action Replay Pro and a Passport (import) device, thanks to me winning one competition and blagging a bunch of tat in another. What a fucking amazing bunch of guys - still yet to be beaten by any other gaming mag. In it's prime, N64 mag was unbeatable.

 

[Cookie18]

Pre-ordered just in case the price goes up. I reckon it will be £250. Still undecided on it.

 

[jonno394]

I remember using N64 Magazine's guide to import Sin and Punishment. You don't know the meaning of 'expensive' unless you did that too. Used all my pocket money, and it was amazing.

Thankfully, N64 mag had already sent me both an Action Replay Pro and a Passport (import) device, thanks to me winning one competition and blagging a bunch of tat in another. What a fucking amazing bunch of guys - still yet to be beaten by any other gaming mag. In it's prime, N64 mag was unbeatable.

I had countless iterations of passports. We have it so easy today really.

 

[Corleth the Fey]

In like Flynn.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

I still remember Christmas 2000, when I got Majora's Mask, DK64 and 007: World is Not Enough.

£59.99 for DK64, £49.99 for Zelda and £45 for Bond. Thankfully, I had lots of relatives. People moan about prices of games today, but seriously - compared to my youth, they're cheap as fuck now.

We are spoilt in the UK these days...

 

[cyberheater]

We are spoilt in the UK these days...

I've still got quite a collection of US and JPN N64 games. It's still my favourite console.

 

[Betta Lines]

£199 seems like a pretty good guess to me. Unspectacular (current-gen) performance in an unspectacular design, relying on the innovative controller as the USP.

It's the Wii all over again, which launched at £179.

Any more than £200 and they're gonna struggle to shift these I reckon.

 

[dyergram]

I pre ordered the vita 16gb memory card when they priced it too low needless to say they did not honour the price. Pre ordered this as well fully prepared for disappointment.

 

[thechemist]

I think the show is over folks, good luck to who those who ordered, hope it gets honoured.

 

[cyberheater]

I think the show is over folks, good luck to who those who ordered, hope it gets honoured.

Oh. I see it's no longer available. I look forward to the inevitable email telling me that my order is cancelled.

 

[thehypocrite]

Is NiNintendo Wii U a Chinese/Korean knock off?

 

[Mr. Robot]

Is NiNintendo Wii U a Chinese/Korean knock off?

No, as it has already been stated, it's a Nine inch Nintendo Wii-U version...

 

[intheinbetween]

well, I just read this on HUKD:

"UPDATE: An Amazon customer service representative, speaking to me over the phone, tells me that all information in their Black Wii U listing - including price and date - comes from their suppliers (not the manufacturer). I was also assured that this console is covered by their price guarantee, including the eventuality that the price increases once customers have placed their order (though the on-site guarantee mentions only decreases). This means that if you order a Black Wii U from Amazon for £199.99, that is the maximum price you will pay"

and another post:

"just been on the chat to the customer service again, and i ask them why the ability to pre-order has been removed. they said that demand was high and they only have limited stocks, they also said the delivery date which is july the 14th can change"

promising

 

[ekim]

Not gonna happen. Especially the black SKU as Nintendo stated it will release a few months later than the white SKU.

 

[Gravijah]

doesn't the e3 website mention that the wii u releases holiday 2012?

 

[DaSorcerer7]

Not gonna happen. Especially the black SKU as Nintendo stated it will release a few months later than the white SKU.

link please?

 

[intheinbetween]

I couldn't care less about the colour, I'm in for the price

 

[ekim]

link please?

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/06/e3_2012_wii_u_to_launch_in_white_black_available_later

resp. http://www.destructoid.com/e3-wii-u-launching-in-white-black-coming-soon--228875.phtml

Edit: Well... they could also be wrong.

 

[MidnightScott]

well, I just read this on HUKD:



promising

That's not going to stop them from canceling the orders, but I doubt the price will really be more than $300 at the most. But I expect the price to be around there (£199.99 = $310)

 

[Starwolf_UK]

The pre-order listing goes to an error 404 now. *spooky music* Or maybe they thought too many hotukdeals users were buying 7...

Really???

Yeah the UK distributor (I think it was still Bandai, might have switched to The Games* then) were absolutely bonkers (I know the £:$ slipped somewhere in the 90s but never to the note that $200=£250). Plus in Germany NOE were price fixing (working with retail to keep the prices high).

*-In late 2001 The Games shut down and most their staff wound up at Nintendo UK. Hmm...

Aaaaand that is why my parents brought me an N64 at christmas 1997 (or was it 1996?)...with no games.

It was 1997 (system came out in Europe then and due to no online competition, imported games/consoles were silly money). I recall the system had dropped to £150 a month after launch then sometime later to £99...might have even reached £99 by Christmas (I know in 1998 it was £99 with Goldeneye or Super Mario 64) to compete with Saturn and Playstation (which were both £99 at that time).

£59.99 for DK64

With forced expansion pak bundle (though you could send the expansion pak into NOE for a copy of F-Zero X...). It only cost £49.99 through special reserve (a mail order company, died from internet) which was where that sort of thing was really worthwhile (though the membership cost made it bad for one or two games).

 

[Samurai_Heart]

And my order has been cancelled, anyone else got that email? XD

 

[Coen]

Ahhh, I just got an e-mail informing me that the order is cancelled. Too good to be true anyway.

 

[DaSorcerer7]

And my order has been cancelled, anyone else got that email?

yup, just got mine. lol

 

[Tempy]

Aaand - cancelled as expected.

 

[Sinthetic]

Yep, cancelled.

 

[Cerebral Assassin]

Just received my cancellation e-mail .


"We're writing to you regarding to your order XXXXX_XXXXX-XXX for the Nintendo Wii U (Black) console. Your order has been cancelled as this product was listed on Amazon.co.uk in error. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused."

 

[cyberheater]

And my order has been cancelled, anyone else got that email? XD

Yep. It was worth a go.

 

[kallisto76]

And my order has been cancelled, anyone else got that email? XD

"Hello,

We're writing to you regarding to your order XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX for the Nintendo Wii U (Black) console. Your order has been cancelled as this product was listed on Amazon.co.uk in error. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.

You will not be charged for your order."

Fuck

 

[Rekubot]

Oh snap Waiting for mine.

Edit: Yep, cancelled also.

 

[Fare Godmace]

Well guys. Now Nintendo will believe they can charge more than 200 pounds for the console thanks to the high demand this got, and we aren't even getting the Wii U for cheap.

I feel like Judas

Spoiler

lol

 

[cyberheater]

Well guys. Now Nintendo will believe they can charge more than 200 pounds for the console thanks to the high demand this got, and we aren't even getting the Wii U for cheap.

I feel like Judas

Spoiler

lol

Well. I'm not spending more then £200 on it. Anymore and I'll await a price drop.