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Euro Wii U at 299.99/349.99 confirmed for France
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PetriP-TNT
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Better get 1 job to afford that
Stand, stand, stand. nintendoland, 32 gig internal, hot love, nintendo network premium.
Phife Dawg
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Well you guys DO earn much more than us EU folk and you did devalue the Francs vs the EUR (set a minimum price) when your Schoggi was getting too expensive for the Eurozone
299$ (281 Francs) = 299 (362 Francs) = 399 Swiss Francs.
349$ (328 Francs) = 349 (423 Francs) = 499 Francs.
Brilliant conversion.
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price
I LOLed. Yeah, working pays off you guys.
SpacePirate Ridley
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"Screw Europe" conversion rate. Thank you Nintendogrrrrr
The only thing worse than this is the Australian price, poor EatChildren
But at least we don't get some broken piece of shit backward compatibility via software for 600EUR (thank you Sony, fuck you too)
Its not nintendos fault, its the fucking european law.
They implemented this so there could be price wars but the only thing they accomplshed is stores buffing up the prices.
So fuck europe.
i see what you did here.
*cries in his wallet*
nah, kidding. my gaming "konto" is a but stressed by my new tv but Premium edition is GOOOOOOO!!!!!
You're exactly right, Dollar and Euro prices aren't meant to be 1:1. That's why people complain about that in here.
don't know if you're sarcastic or not, but an example would be;
person A, an american with a salary of 2000 united states dollars per month, paying 349 usd for the wii u = 17.5 % of the total monthly salary.
person B, a european with a salary of 2000 euro per month, paying 349 euro for the wii u = 17.5 % of the total monthly salary.
the price is fair and adjusted.
DO NOT COMPARE BY CONVERTING THE CURRENCY!!
It's quite funny in other cases.
Titanic Blu-Ray LE that got released 3 days ago, got sold out on amazon.co.uk within a very short time and was 45pounds.
The SAME LE gets released tomorrow in France and Germany. Whereas in France it's 40EUR (!!! which means cheaper than UK) and in Germany it's 60EUR.
And the really funny thing is: languages included lists French+English for France and German+English for Germany, but actually both BluRays are identical - they include all the languages (typical fox release). The UK however only included English.
The Hermit
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slaughterking
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I think the Basic pack is totally serviceable. I would prefer the black WiiU, but I don't think that's worth the additional 50 bucks. Just waiting for Amazon to open pre-orders for the Basic pack now.
Palette Swap
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I bought my Wii from Amazon UK 2 years ago and bought a third party power cord from amazon fr marketplace. IIRC, the power cord + a third party component cable cost me 12. (which was a lot compared to the 65 black Friday wii lol)
Facebook Auchan :
Wait & see, but now I'm hyped
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Wait & see, but now I'm hyped
SpacePirate Ridley
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give him a blowjob, that guys seems nice.
They do. 299 is exactly 250 excludind VAT (19.6%), which means ~$320
Yes, there's a small premium in Europe, that can be understood (more complex translation and distribution issues). Not welcome, but nowhere as bad as most depict it.
Chû Totoro
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Not that expensive when I remember buying my PS3 599 with no games and one controller.
I already had my mind settled but i think it's a descent price tag for a such innovative system. You seriously thought that the price could have been less than PS3 / Xbox 360 prices?!? Come on...
At least i'm agree with the point that buying this in Micromania is really stupid.... you can have like 20 to 50 less almost anywhere else.
I already had my mind settled but i think it's a descent price tag for a such innovative system. You seriously thought that the price could have been less than PS3 / Xbox 360 prices?!? Come on...
At least i'm agree with the point that buying this in Micromania is really stupid.... you can have like 20 to 50 less almost anywhere else.
GasProblem
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Price will drop after like two months anyway, just like the 3DS. Always get burned buying a Nintendo device at launch, not too many games at launch and price drops in the future. Going to wait it out.
but i'm good looking, straight and married.
he's old and fat!
call of duty?! :3
kingkaiser
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300 Euro for the "Premium Pack" would be acceptable, everything above that is a fucking joke.
Phife Dawg
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What European law?
Haha, I know that feeling, having just refurbished the kitchen and bought a new A+++ refrigerator in the process. Energy savings will cover WiiU costs (or so I am told).
Average wages in the US are higher.
Health care is never free. Ours (Germany) is just mandatory and the employer is obliged to pay a part.
i said it was an example. the numbers may be wrong, but that doesn't take away the gist of it.
What the heck are you talking about?
SpacePirate Ridley
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Fixing prices. Nintendo was already fine for doing it before. Thats why 3ds and wiiU is stores putting their own prices.
totally out of context and off topic.
but your name and my avatar make perfect sense together! *awesonenauts!*
I still don't get your point, sorry. Are you blaming the EU for Nintendo's pricing policy now because Nintendo is not allowed to prevent free trade on the European single market?
Average in Spain is ~1300€/month and dropping
Phife Dawg
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There is a mark-up for the Eurozone countries AND average wages are lower, thus we pay more of our monthly salary. Would only work out if it was the other way around.
Nope, they advised publishers to prevent sale of goods from other (lower priced) EU countries. You can set a RRP just fine.
Well, Nintendo Land is bundled with the premium pack.
kingkaiser
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yeah sure, the net income in europe is way lower than in the US because of social security contributions, cost of living is way higher...but whatever these negligibleness don't take away the gist of your naive miscalculation...
not at all. also, i didn't take into account other costs, so the american wage being higher on the average is completely moot.
a lot of people in here are comparing it with the usd, but the only thing should be whether one does think it is expensive or not in general.. which there -- of course -- are plenty with that opinion.
read above. (various fees not in the calculation -- admittedly stupid)
In all honesty..I'm shocked...
...that's way better than I expected for the UK.
$350 euros = £281...and we'd usually end up being charged an extra £30 on top of the european price.
The pricing is realistic. Nintendo absolutely need to make a profit on their products. Video games is their core business. Unlike Microsoft they don't have a PC software monopoly to fall back on and unlike Sony they're not willing to risk all and go bankrupt for the sake of short term gains. I'll be there, day one.
ohha! sorry dude! i just missplaced e period there! og post was:
that's what i meant. because that guy in my avatar is also called "blixa". you post was pretty good, and technical true.
sorry about the missunderstanding.
Phife Dawg
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US households also have more disposable income.
SpacePirate Ridley
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Basic pack 357 euros on spanish amazon. lol
Thank god is not the amazon price, just an outside idiot.
Seems that amazon spain hasnt put their official price up yet.
Same here.
Thank god is not the amazon price, just an outside idiot.
Seems that amazon spain hasnt put their official price up yet.
Same here.
299$ (281 Francs) = 299 (362 Francs) = 399 Swiss Francs.
349$ (328 Francs) = 349 (423 Francs) = 499 Francs.
Brilliant conversion.
It won't be that expensive, hardware is usually cheaper here compared to everywhere else in Europe. (I preordered a Black Wii-U from amazon.de for ~300 earlier today though as the tax was removed on checkout.)
Cerebral Assassin
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Does the US price include Sales Tax?
Before all this pricing craziness, I would have been ok with the console (including Nintendoland) costing £280, and buying ZombiU at launch for £40. I've ordered the pack containing this exact combo for just £5 more, so i'm not too dissapointed (been saving for this for a while!).
Oops, meant for the UK thread
Oops, meant for the UK thread
Lol Amazon.fr is listing the Wii U at 299/355€, NSMB U at 59€ and all the other games (including Nintendo Land) at 69€. Definitely not the actual prices... I hope.
http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_no...arch-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Wii+U&x=0&y=0
http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_no...arch-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Wii+U&x=0&y=0
Necron
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299$ (281 Francs) = 299 (362 Francs) = 399 Swiss Francs.
349$ (328 Francs) = 349 (423 Francs) = 499 Francs.
Brilliant conversion.
Wow... time to drive over the border, I guess.