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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Ubisoft fully support WiiU, but isn't happy with the high console price

Important word is "always". He's a software seller. He needs many peers to sell his goods. Anything above a free console is suboptimal.



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Chandler said:

Important word is "always". He's a software seller. He needs many peers to sell his goods. Anything above a free console is suboptimal.

This. Still, he probably should have just kept it to himself. But maybe he was sending a not-so-subtle message to Nintendo. After all, Ubisoft is supporting the system in a big way.



d21lewis said:

*Graph*

But, is it really too expensive?

It's the most expensive of all Nintendo consoles at launch.

Also, it is offering a similar spec range to its last gen competition, so really the only thing justifying that price is the padlet, from a market perspective.

All in all it is too expensive, and they will have to lower the price early next year like they did with the 3DS. Marketshare is paramount to them, so they will do it.



d21lewis said:

But, is it really too expensive?


Pfft!



Tease.

Regardless of those graphs, it is priced higher than the 360 and the PS3, which are in the same graphics range. When people need to choose between one or another price matters.

The screen is really the only value add, as well as the new games. But the PS360 have a massive library. The price is a bit steep, but during the holidays it's a tempting purchase regardless. I have to admit that the 3DS came out in march, which was a bad time to offer a steep price. Christmastime always makes a product more alluring.



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happydolphin said:
Regardless of those graphs, it is priced higher than the 360 and the PS3, which are in the same graphics range. When people need to choose between one or another price matters.

The screen is really the only value add, as well as the new games. But the PS360 have a massive library. The price is a bit steep, but during the holidays it's a tempting purchase regardless. I have to admit that the 3DS came out in march, which was a bad time to offer a steep price. Christmastime always makes a product more alluring.


So, is graphics capability (for which the Wii U's potential remains to be seen) is the barometer for price?  I mean, the Wii was kind of on par with the Gamecube, Xbox, and PS2 but the price for the Wii was $250 while the Gamecube was sub $99.  The last gen consoles had massive libraries, too. 



I can understand for his concerns, but this is a console launch where talking about, meaning a new machine...



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well they are already selling at a loss so there is no way they will lower the price anytime soon



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I think 300 is very fair for what you get, taking in count you get 2 PS3 ductaped and a tablet



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