| homer said: @Zim I bet the wiiu will be launching with similar power to the PS360 or at least around as close as the wii was to the ps2. I don't see how 250 USD is ridiculous even though I do believe 300 will be the price. The PS3 will drop to 200 USD and be profitable by holiday when the wiiu releases and the 360 already is there and will probably drop to 150. In fact it is right now being sold for 200 USD. Also, the wiiu doesn't even have a hard drive which will cut down on costs. The only thing it has is the controller and that allegedly costs roughly 50 USD to produce so I don't see why Nintendo couldn't release their system at 250USD. |
It doesn't have a hard drive but it does have solid state memory. The same amount of solid state is much more expensive than a hard drive. Also the wii isn't anywhere near the PS2 in terms of power so that is an odd pick. The PS2 was weaker than the gamecube by quite a bit. The Wii was then a more powerful gamecube. The fact is you can actually take some Wii games and simply put them in HD and they look extremely good. Super Mario Galaxy 2 running in HD could pass as a 360/ps3 game.
All rumours point to the Wii U having a minimum of 1GB of RAM. But far more likely 1.5-2GB. For comparison the 360 has 512mb and the PS3 256mb.
Launching at $250 would make it the same price as a Vita. A new console launching at the same price as a handheld would be ridiculous.
Seriously the fact that you are stating the PS3 will drop to $200 by the holiday (which is a total guess) and then be profitable but you expect Nintendo to launch only $50 more (actually at the moment it's less) is ridiculous. Sony's gaming division has struggled to turn a profit at the best of times, the PS3 wiped out all the profits they made from the PS2. Meanwhile Nintendo posted it's first loss in 29 odd years. Why on earth would you expect them to follow Sony's lead of losing money on consoles? It's crazy.
Not only this but you state the controller costs $50 to PRODUCE!? As though that is nothing, that is massive. Simply producing the controller alone and you are $50 down?
$300 is the minimum it will launch at. At $250 I can easily see them taking a loss on it, which would be beyond stupid.
