TWRoO said:
oniyide said:
happydolphin said:
dharh said:
archbrix said:
dharh said:
A handheld strategy requires a handheld price. $149-$199 from the start. I cannot see Nintendo being able to do that when they will have a controller that could easily retail for $99-$149 all by itself.
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I could believe $99 for the WiiU controller, maybe with added software, but more than that is highly unlikely. Not a chance it'll retail for anywhere near $149, at least not without Nintendo adding new features.
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And you think $99 is a good price for a glorified controller? What does that say about the overrall price of the WiiU? It just does not fit at all with a handheld strategy. It's still the same old Nintendo console strategy.
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The WiiU is likely to launch at 250-300$, bundled with Nintendoland. The handheld strategy I was talking about refered to the games and HW user interface, not as much price.
The only thing in common with the handheld strategy in terms of price is mass market price. Ie, for a new home console, 250-300$ is very affordable. Not so much for a handheld.
So, using the handheld strategy for most other things and pricing the WiiU at 250-300$ is a winning formula. Worked for the Wii, will work for WiiU.
Plus, you don't need to buy a 2nd controller, and imho they are not expensive to manufacture. Nothing in it is anything special when Nintendo has been mass manufacturing handhelds for years, they will be able to optimise manufacturing of the controller in no time. If the 3DS with all its parts is breaking even at 150$, I see no problem in this controller breaking even at half the price. After all, it's a regular controller with a screen and some on-board logic. Nothing really expensive.
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just because they can break even at 75 bucks doesnt mean they will sell a standalone controller for that much. This is Ninty and they do sell things for a profit. I fully expect a controller to cost about 90-100, which is expensive for a controller I hope it does a good deal by itself for that price. IMHO i think 75 bucks is stll to expensive thats 15 more than a current gen controller for another system.
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A current gen controller does far less than the Upad.... I actually don't understand why the prices have gone up so much since 2000... I remember thinking it quite expensive that my 2nd GameCube controller was £15..... The only addition an X360 controller has is a battery and wireless tech, yet it's double the price, and a dualshock 3 has accellerometers added for a further £10. (making it £10 more than a Wii remote+ which has gyros and an IR camera, although admitedly no control sticks)
The Upad has everything the DS3 has, plus gyros, a touchscreen, NFC tech, 2 cameras, a sensor bar (admitedly it's just some IR LEDs though), an SD card slot, the ability to act as a TV controller (again probably not an expensive addition for Ninty, but it adds value) and likely a more expensive battery (though with the screen on probably won't last half the time  )
$100 is not an unreasonable price compared to other controllers IMO... they definately shouldn't go over that. In terms of parts and manufacturing costs I bet the Upad is a lot more than twice the price of the DS3/X360pad to make, but it won't be much more than twice the RRP.
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