What price could Nintendo get away with for WiiU?

[Stefan.De.Machtige]

JEMC said:

theARTIST0017 said:
Well there's an interesting "ideal" when it comes to setting prices. Think for a second. Nintendo at first saw the 3DS worth $250 when it launched. With all the technology in the Wii U do you believe Nintendo would only price it at $50 more? I don't. The sweet spot is obviously $350. The maximum is $400 which I know Nintendo would love to use but $350 is more ideal.

And what happened to the 3DS? That it didn't sell enough so they had to do a drastic price cut that made them lose money.

They won't make the same mistake again, at least that's what I think, and after what they showed at E3 I expect a max price of 300 $/€ without a bundled game.

And unlike the 3DS, nintendo is facing serious competition on the console field. They can't afford to test the "high price" waters like with the 3DS. They got to hit it smack on and hard.

I wouldn't be surprised if they would sell the wii u at break-even to maximize their headstart.