Wii U to be priced at $299?

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NightDragon83 said:

RolStoppable said:
$299/€299 is the most they can aim for, if they want this thing to be successful. Kinda surprised though that it's supposed to be only 20,000 yen. That's really cheap for a new home console.

I hope they include a Wiimote and Nunchuk with each system, otherwise the Wii spirit will die completely. Third party developers won't necessarily support controllers that not every Wii U owner is guaranteed to have, this goes especially for singleplayer games.

Why?  Their entire focus with the Wii U is centered on the new tablet controller, as will be the vast majority of software that is released for it.  And the Wii U's primary audience already owns multiple Wiimotes / nunchucks so it's not really necessary.  Besides, Nintendo makes a good chunk of their change forcing people to buy more controllers / peripherals seperately, so there's no way they'd pack multiple controllers in with the system, especially if their aiming for the $299 price tag.

This. Wii U buyers most likely own a million wii accessories.