Gilgamesh said:
sperrico87 said:
Gilgamesh said:
sperrico87 said:
crissindahouse said:
sperrico87 said:
crissindahouse said:
Gilgamesh said:
sperrico87 said:
Bunk. Nintendo doesn't release game consoles on Fridays. lol. Come on. $450? Also: come on. lol. |
If the 6770 card is in the Wii-u that price wouldn't surprise me. Nintendo likes to sell there consoles at a profit unlike Sony and Microsoft which usually sells there consoles at a loss for the first couple years.
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that gpu is cheap!
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Exactly. That GPU would not make sense if Nintendo is selling us a $450 console. It would be way under-powered for that kind of money. I think 75% of that list is true, though. But there are some things sprinkled in there that are just blatantly fake. Now, if the $450 is from a different currency and was just mis-translated into dollars without accounting for exchange rates, maybe it's for real. But in the US, there is no way Nintendo would release the Wii U for more than $349. Not if they want to still be a company come next E3.
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but the translation says the price will be 350-400. they had the plan to release it for 450 but since they saw what happened with 3ds they won't release it for that price.
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If the Wii U costs $400 then I think Nintendo is toast.
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Do you guys expect this thing to cost as much as Nintendo usually releases there console like $199 - $249, because that's not gonna happen this time. It'll easily be over $300.
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Nintendo always puts low-cost, dated components in their hardware. The 3DS has a PICA 200 in it, for crying out loud. They won't charge $400 for Wii U, and they will still make a profit.
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They were charging 250 for the 3DS, the most expensive handheld they ever had, but then decided to cut prices because of the lack of sales, now I'm sure there selling ti at a loss, something Nintendo never does. The same will happen with the Wii-U, there going to have to price it high for what it is, but by the time they seen what pricing high with the 3DS did for them it was to late to change anything or do much about it with the Wii-U.
Sony always charged $299 for a launch price on there consoles until the PS3. Just because they did it before doesn't meal they'll do it every gen.
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The 3DS launch price of $250 was pure arrogance on Nintendo's part. They had a huge markup on it, no big first-party games unti Ocarina 3D in June, and they thought the popularity of the original DS would carry over to the 3DS, even with the lack of AAA software. They were totally wrong. If they'd held onto it until last Christmas to release it, they'd be fine. But who wants a $250 Nintendo handheld in the spring with no games?
The Wii U is using dated components that will barely out-match the 360, so there is reason whatsoever the Wii U needs to cost more than $300-350. In fact, I think even at $299, the Wii U might make a small profit for Nintendo on each unit sold. Even if it's only $5 or $10, that's still really good.
