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Would you purchase a: Wii U Basic 32GB @ $249 / Wii U Deluxe 128GB @ $299?
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Quadraphonic
Member
I shouldn't need to TRANSFER them and pay upgrade fees to use the latest features.
No one else does that.
My launch day PS3 died. My GameCube stopped reading discs. I shouldn't have to jump through hoops when the Wii/Wii U dies to restore content I paid for.
On new iPhones, I can log in with my account and it doesn't wipe the old one's save files. I pick up playing Punch Quest where I left off.
On all my Android devices, I don't need to transfer Where's My Water to each device I want to use. It works on whatever I'm playing.
On my Vita, I can play Guacamelee, and go right onto my PS3 and pick up there. One purchase. One save file.
On my laptop, I can download something on Steam that I bought on my desktop.
Nintendo is horrendously behind the times. ONE DEVICE TIED TO ONE PURCHASE doesn't cut it anymore. No price is going to alleviate that. And that's the bottom line for me.
Nintendo is applying a physical limitation to a market that's no longer physical. They're the only company that sees fit to tie purchases to a single device. Even SecurROM and other hated DRM like the Xbox One's original plan gives you MORE FREEDOM than buying digital on Nintendo.
Of course, that's not the reason the device isn't selling. It's not selling because it's not compelling to a lot of the regular customers. They aren't losing huge amounts of sales because of their account system. And console price doesn't affect it either. It's totally down to impressive games. And none of the games impress anyone as is PAINFULLY OBVIOUS.
dragonflys545
Member
500GB for $299.
RumblingRosco
Member
I purchased my Wii U Deluxe for $247, including tax, brand new, in late April from Meijer. So, no, I wouldn't buy a Basic with 32GB at $2 more plus tax.
TheGreyHulk
Member
if i would have known the software was going to be this abysmal, i wouldn't have bought it at $249 last november.
$199 w/ games actually available is the most i'd go based on the info i know today.
$199 w/ games actually available is the most i'd go based on the info i know today.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I would.
Automatisch
Member
Highest I'll go is $229. If the Wii U isn't that cheap by the time Smash is out I ain't buyin' one.
flyinpiranha
Member
LOL, it's not the price itself, it's the value. A lot of people don't see that $200 is worth it for what they are offering.
metalslimer
Member
As bad of a flop as it is I can wait for 199 and by then Nintendo will be so desperate games will be cheap as hell
Sure, but then you are quite simply not a consumer worth targeting. Nintendo's selling the Wii U already at a loss as it is, when they cut the price to under 200 dollars it's rather unlikely that you'll generate them enough money to cover the loss. If Nintendo games aren't appealing enough to you to justify the purchase of a console, how likely is it that you'll buy more than a handful of titles?
The Wii U won't become a striking success anymore, that ship has sailed. What matters now is not marketshare, but making money off the console despite lacklustre sales (or at least not losing all too much), so that they can keep the Wii U afloat until their next hardware hits.
Princess Viola
Member
No if only because I already got a regular 8 gig basic model. 
LeeFowler.CU
Banned
Drop the Gamepad to reduce price while simultaneously cutting losses. It's clearly obvious that it's driving up the cost of the device while not providing much, or any, value to gamers. This is in stark contrast to the Wii-mote which was cheap to produce, and provided value to owners of the console.
Neuromancer
Member
Still too high considering there are only 2 games I want on it right now.
Right, as it is right now you can't transfer anything to Xbox One or PS4. It's seems a little absurd to me to complain that you have to transfer your digital titles over to the next console, when the competition doesn't allow you to play your old digital games on your new hardware period.
Of course, Sony will likely bring their PS Classics over to the PS4 eventually, but as long as we lack any kind of details about that it's silly to compare it to the Wii U.
Bacon_Boss
Member
Price almost irrelevant until it's way too high.I think 300 for a single model works fine. Price is not why they're not selling, value proposition is to blame. Currently there aren't any "big" draws to the console, which should change with the releases of zelda pikmin and W101. The hardware by itself just didn't grab people.
I got mine because the value proposition for me was clear, I want HD nintendo games, and although they've been slow to flow in, I'm happy with what we're getting.
I got mine because the value proposition for me was clear, I want HD nintendo games, and although they've been slow to flow in, I'm happy with what we're getting.
How is that supposed to work? They can't just "drop the GamePad" without causing huge compatibilty issues throughout all of Wii U's games and software. The market might not react to it, but it's a vital part of the console that is impossible to cut at this point.
Irate Drake
Neo Member
$199.99 or bust.
ElektroDragon
Banned
But have you seen Earthbound?
Princess Viola
Member
Why would they drop the main feature of the device? That'd be like if the Wii wasn't the sudden success is was people said Nintendo should drop the Wii Remote.
Doesn't make sense.
LeeFowler.CU
Banned
Wii U is in real need of changes. If worst comes to worst, and first party IP isn't selling the system I say bite the bullet and drop the gamepad and start shipping stickers to put on games that will not function without the gamepad saying "Is not compatible with Wii U's w/o gamepad". Consumers are smart enough to figure that out. This whole nonsense about a confusing name being the reason they aren't selling consoles is a terrible excuse.
This. Also $199. The hardware is abysmal so I'm not paying launch Wii price for it lol.
It matters for anyone wanting to buy games digitally, and the market for that is probably bigger than you think.
Nintendo's storage tiers just reinforces their backwards stance on DD in general, they think people only want to store one game at a time or something.
GetemMa
Member
The #1 issue with the name is that people think the system is just the controller. The U has everything to do with that problem. It indicates nothing to the masses but utter confusion and doesn't indicate it is a new product.
The Wii name is only shit to core gamer, who knows better anyway. The masses don't care.
The gamepad can't be utilized to set the system apart. We would have seen it by now. With cross gen gaming continuing for years into the future, Nintendo could easily push this system without the gamepad.
walking fiend
Member
No. I can buy a refurbished Wii U Delux at EBG for $250.
Zatoichi's Cane
Member
no
Nintendo have basically two options.
Option 1:
Nothing they can do but drop the whole thing, apologise, fire Iwata, shift focus to 3DS for the next three years, then launch new platform (a handheld that can also broadcast to TV).
Option 2:
Apologise, fire Iwata, rebrand as Wii 2, buy 15 to 20 studios and put them to work on building up the software library, lower price to €200, ship with a 500 GB hard drive instead of flash, then launch new platform in four to five years (a handheld that can also broadcast to TV).
Option 1:
Nothing they can do but drop the whole thing, apologise, fire Iwata, shift focus to 3DS for the next three years, then launch new platform (a handheld that can also broadcast to TV).
Option 2:
Apologise, fire Iwata, rebrand as Wii 2, buy 15 to 20 studios and put them to work on building up the software library, lower price to €200, ship with a 500 GB hard drive instead of flash, then launch new platform in four to five years (a handheld that can also broadcast to TV).
So basically firing Iwata is the lynch pin to Nintendo achieving success again? Got it.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
No
Linkstrikesback
Member
Ok, which 15 studios would they be? And what would you do when they inevitably have the more talented members leave, leaving nintendo with a ton of manpower without much exceptional talent to guide it?
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