What price could Nintendo get away with for WiiU?

[Metallicube]

Cobretti2 said:

Metallicube said:

$200 - $250 is the sweet spot. $300-$350 they could probably tread water with, but it would hold sales back a bit. $400 or more, and they're pretty much writing their grave.

 if they released it for 200-250 wouldn't that be admitting it is not next gen? but just nintnedo playing catchup and using a unique gamepad compared to 360/ps3

Pretty presumtous to assume that wouldn't you say? We don't even know of Wii U's exact specs yet.. I think they could get away with a $250 price tag even with significant hardware improvements with 360/PS3, with maybe a mior loss or very small profit on the hardware. How exactly is Nintendo play "catchup" again? Remember, Nintendo has proven with the 3DS that they are content with releasing new hardware while incurring losses on hardware.

Again, I can't see how the HD twin's predcesors'  graphics could be that far improved from Wii U to the point of justifying the purchase of another $400 + console plus the cost of more controllers.