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I'm not sure why people keep thinking $250 is possible. Nintendo have said so themselves that this will be an "expensive" system.
If you go back and take a look at that particular quote you cite, I believe it was something to the effect that "Wii U will be priced more than Wii" which does not mean necessarily that it will sell more than what Wii launched at ($250), but more than it is selling for now.
Why say so if it wasn't going to launch at more than their consoles have historically launched, i.e. $200-$250?
Manage expectations to surprise with a friendly price point and also throw off Sony and MS? Why tell Sony and MS--"we're going to be as cheap or cheaper than your premium models, better price drop to counter us"?
It's not gonna be a fiveninetynineusdollars type situation, but don't expect it to launch at $250 with a price drop 7 months later either. Unless you're one of those "trolololol it's only gonna be like 1.5x xbox 360 durr hurr cuz itz nintendo durr hurr" people, this system will launch at $350. $400 is sticker shock territory. $300 is lowballing it a bit considering the controller tech, but it could possibly go that low.
Wii U tech is not as expensive as most people think.. The console you envision is well beyond Nintendo's target audience. Do you want it to sit on the shelves for months while the media tears it apart declaring "Apple and FB have killed Nintendo"?
Iwata is still feeling the burn of 3DS's high priced launch disaster..
Good man. You get it. $249 is definitely the mass market price for a Nintendo home system which typically lasts 5 years before the next system is launched. The reason why PS3 and 360 have lasted so long without a successor is because of the huge losses those two systems incurred in the early part of their lifecycle.
More rational Nintendo fans like this fine poster, plz.