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Wii U: Amazon distributor claims Nov 11 release, $249 price tag. 3 Bundles
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Grok4Spock
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$250- Wii U console + 1 GamePad
$300- Wii U console + 1GamePad + Nintendo Land
$350- Wii U console + 2GamePads + Nintendo Land
$300- Wii U console + 1GamePad + Nintendo Land
$350- Wii U console + 2GamePads + Nintendo Land
Please make this happen Nintendo
Starwolf_UK
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Nintendo set wholesale prices and give a suggested/estimated retail price. My calculation was what that suggestion would be. Rather if its what you would expect a maxinum price to be (except if say the SKU doesn't exist in Europe like the smaller capacity launch PS3s didn't).
They can't force retailers to sell it at a price but a retailer would ideally want to make a bit of profit (the suggested price allows), but preventing someone else from making profit is more important for some retailers (especially if you can get profit elsewhere) but selling below wholesale is just selling to GAME (they ordered GAME managers to buy XBOX 360 systems from Sainsburys when they sold them below wholesale price and more recently, 3DS systems at launch from Tesco).
If its like other Nintendo systems, we'll get a wholesale price (sans VAT so add 20%) eventually quoted on MCV nearer launch (who with the 3DS XL didn't understand the sans VAT bit...despite being a trade magazine *facepam*). So then we'll have an idea of how low we can go.
IIRC that tends to be about a 1-2 months before launch.
The text below the *. It say something like: "Graphics and date subject to modification from Nintendo". i.e. its not a final date. But its what I would have guessed for 2012 release (similar timing to Wii).
If Nintendo said it to retailers I'm sure Shiggy or someone would have said. Unless this is Nintendo France being maverick again (someone else is going to be fired now?)
Baloonatic
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So the second option is an extra $50 just for Nintendo Land?
HP_Wuvcraft
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That's my bet.
Baconsammy
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Europe got the 3DSXL sooner than the US, and the US gets the Wii U sooner. Sounds fair.
Posted? La Fnac (in France) has put leaflets saying Wii U is coming on December 7th.
Seems legit.
The little leters at the end are saying that the date and price are only guesses from the Store.
SniperHunter
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awesome
Ghost Rider
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screw it, I'm in!
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
So $700 in Australia?
Seems realistic, but if you get NintendoLand + Wiimote for 50 bucks, why does an additional 50 bucks ONLY get you a Pro Controller?
I think you are on the money, but the 350 bundle perhaps includes a nunchuck or an HDD as well.
because it is a private hardware distributor to stores not a public retailer.
And I think i recall the actual screens having different skus. but really, this all could be hogwash.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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I 100% believe this sku thing only because blockbuster predicted zombiu way before we even heard about it. So Im takin it as fact.
theviolenthero
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My guess:
$300 - Wii U Console + Game Pad (black or white)
If they were to include a game, then i expect it to be downloadable via a voucher.
$300 - Wii U Console + Game Pad (black or white)
If they were to include a game, then i expect it to be downloadable via a voucher.
More exactly it says "Nintendo" may change these informations. La Fnac is usually a big Nintendo partner and a trusted retailer. I'd be surprised they arbitrary used this date.
Baconsammy
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Downloadable on a console with no HD or included memory? Maybe not the best idea.
eh? it has been confirmed to have internal flash memory since it unveil in 2011, and the general consensus is it will be at least 8gigs, latest rumors say 20gigs. Most likely an sd card will also be packed in, but who knows what size, but probabaly enough to dl a few games onto it.
Great hope its true
250 WiiU+WiiU pad
300 WiiU+WiiU pad Nintendo Land + Wiimote plus nunchuck
350 WiiU+WiiU pad Nintendo Land + Pro Controller + Wiimote plus nunchuck
Nintendo is pretty good with discounts in there bundles, Zelda SS saved you like 20 bucks on motion plus
That 3rd bundle could have choices like (Ninja Gaiden, ZombiU or NSMBU)
250 WiiU+WiiU pad
300 WiiU+WiiU pad Nintendo Land + Wiimote plus nunchuck
350 WiiU+WiiU pad Nintendo Land + Pro Controller + Wiimote plus nunchuck
Nintendo is pretty good with discounts in there bundles, Zelda SS saved you like 20 bucks on motion plus
That 3rd bundle could have choices like (Ninja Gaiden, ZombiU or NSMBU)
Sorry, should have posted this here and not in the general thread.
I'll throw my 3 SKU hopes (not predictions) into the mix
$249 - Console w/GamePad, white
$299 - Console w/GamePad, white, Wii Remote and Nintendo Land
$349 - Console black w/GamePad, pro controller, Zombi U w/Zombie survival kit for GamePad
I'll throw my 3 SKU hopes (not predictions) into the mix
$249 - Console w/GamePad, white
$299 - Console w/GamePad, white, Wii Remote and Nintendo Land
$349 - Console black w/GamePad, pro controller, Zombi U w/Zombie survival kit for GamePad
They underperformed on graphics this generation, and generally with the handhelds if you include them too.
It's funny this kind of revisionist history with Ninty. The NES, SNES, N64 and Gamecube weren't underpowered when they were released. The increase in the cost of keeping up with tech has pretty much left them way behind the curve going forward now, as a relatively small tech company compared to the competition, but saying they have underperformed almost every time is just plain wrong when all of their home consoles prior to the Wii were at least comparable to the competition and in some cases more powerful.
Aizu_Itsuko
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This would be a great price.
OTOH, if this is the actual price for the system and Nintendo isn't selling this at a loss even with the pad... what's inside this thing?
OTOH, if this is the actual price for the system and Nintendo isn't selling this at a loss even with the pad... what's inside this thing?
That makes absolutely no sense. If it's $250 in the US then it'll be less than £250 in the UK (but more than the £180 Wii released at due to differences in currency now). How advanced its tech is compared to Wii is completely irrelevant. Also no 3DS didn't launch at £230. You could get it on the high street at launch for £180 and I got it online on launch day for £169 including a game.
a 360
DrForester
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Magic, fairies, hopes, and dreams, like the Gamecube.
crimzonflame
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$249 = Nintendo wins next gen.
ScreenSplitter
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Nintendo hates Europeans. Forever.
I agree, the more expensive sku will be the black one. But I doubt they'll pack in ZombiU when they have there own games that could go in there instead.
Well, yeah. I've had 25 years to get used to it though, the bitterness gives way to a mellow acceptance after the first decade or two
ScreenSplitter
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Well, yeah. I've had 25 years to get used to it though, the bitterness gives way to a mellow acceptance after the first decade or two
Wii was a reasonable $ to £ conversion though, as were the DS and the Lite.
shadyspace
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So can this be speculative or bullshit or is this certain?
Spieler Eins
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Be careful with thisl kind of logic. Do you remember this " Vita" thing?
moozoom
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Posted? La Fnac (in France) has put leaflets saying Wii U is coming on December 7th.
Seems legit.
I posted the same date from a different source on page 6, the Fnac lists a 349 bundle on their website with the mention "available in december" Black and white units are available for pre-order.
They add : "free pre-order - lowest price guaranteed." means the price is not fixed yet probably, and they put the highest one.
When have they ever done that?
GiantEnemyGoomba
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It's very likely this is a placeholder. The guy that posted the info on Faqs and YT messaged me back in June. I'm waiting for another reply, but it sounds like the VPD page hasn't changed since we first talked. I guess it could be possible that Nintendo had decided on price and date by June 27th, but I think it's more likely that it's not final.
They did this with the Wii U right? Ba-dum-cha!
Me too. I have the PS3 version but never got to play it because the PS3 exploded when I put the disk in.
The reason I hoped Zombi U was because it's the game I'm most interested in, and I also think that there's no other "Core" launch title that we know about that's getting the promotion and love (And exclusivity) that Zombi U is getting. Maybe, they'll offer something like a download code for a choice of games or something if their system supports that.
With the 3DS? We ended up paying about an extra £50 after tax.
Shame about their most recent console. Still love my 3DS though, personally Ghost Recon alone was worth the price of admission.
Where did you see it for £180 on the high street at launch? It was £230 at Game etc, cheaper (about £230 with a game) with bundle deals in supermarkets, and cheaper still online. You couldn't get a standalone console for £180 on launch day on the high street, although it dropped a couple of weeks later.
ScreenSplitter
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Unless you waited for the price wars you were getting seriously boned on launch day.
Coppertracks
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7th December makes sense for EU. IIRC we got the Wii on the 7th/8th and the 7th falls on a Friday this year.
Now just make it £200 or less and I'll bite.
Argos has quite a good deal on launch day. They gave you £50 worth of vouchers (might have been more) to use in store and was about £180-190 I think.
Now just make it £200 or less and I'll bite.
Argos has quite a good deal on launch day. They gave you £50 worth of vouchers (might have been more) to use in store and was about £180-190 I think.
Same as how a Vita is more expensive than a PS3 though- it's not about what the components and costs are worth, it's about what people will pay for it in large enough numbers to make the greatest profit. Can't blame a company for that.
Sell more=can sell at a slightly lower price. Maybe they have greater expectations for WiiU than 3DS in the West.
So because we got a hardware revision first, we deserve to be screwed over on a new hardware release?
I know that the US is very likely to get it first anyway, but I don't like this reasoning.
Except when they randomly give us stuff like Xenoblade. They kind of have a love/hate relationship, it seems.
At worst you could claim 3DS was $250 to £230, but in reality the price wasn't fixed and most places sold for £180-£200. I got mine for £169 including a game on launch day.
Only once has Nintendo ever done a $250 to £250 conversion. N64, they quickly realised it was a mistake and dropped the UK price and have never done it since.
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