What price could Nintendo get away with for WiiU?

[Cobretti2]

oniyide said:

Cobretti2 said:
I noticed most answers are around the 300-350 mark.

would anyone be willing to pay $400-$450 if it come with a 320gb HDD, 4GB of ram and a newer video card then rumored?

or at the end of the day since its a Nintendo and potentially lack of 3rd party, it doesn't matter if they increased the specs

its irrelevant, because we know that no such SKU exists. 

it is a hyperthetical. Because I bet sony or microsoft hardcore fans would not buy it at that price (which is fine) no matter what you put in it.

The thing I am trying to gather is, people are saying the WiiU is underpowered but yet I bet most of them would not pay the same $$$ they would for nextBox or PS4, if they were equivalient. So does it really matter if it is only slightly better then PS3/360? If Nintendo made it beafier would they really get more 3rd party support? would those who consider themself hardcore games buy it?

My guess is no. Nintendo are really banking on their loyal base to buy the console as well as make it affordable enough for people who have no brand loyalty and look for best value for money.

Personally i wish consumers valued their gaming consoles like they do their iphones.

I would love to see $450 become the norm, so we get great leaps each generation of consoles. But at the same time, if that happened gaming would become een more neiche.