Iwata on Wii U price: 'This is not going to be cheap'

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Gilgamesh said:

"In another interview this week, Iwata signalledWii U will likely be priced at more than 20,000 yen ($250) in Japan when it launches next year.

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said earlier this week that the newly announced console will offer consumers "fantastic value" for money and be "competitively" priced with PS3 and Xbox 360."

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Cool, so WiiU will be 200 bucks at the most. By next Fall I guarantee the PS3 will be < 200. Hell I would guess it'll be 150.

The 360 will be 100-130 for the core in Fall 2012.

Reggie shouldn't say competitively priced against the PS3 and 360, it's not even the same generation. PS4 and 720 are around the corner. They'll be powered by maxwell and equivalent chips capable of running UE4's samaritan demo. 3rd parties will move to that around 2014-15. WiiU will get the 2nd best version of 3rd party multiplats for a couple of years though.