WiiU to launch November 11??

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ryuzaki57 said:

JEMC said:

ryuzaki57 said:

I have information for France. Here a big cultural goods retailer has listed WiiU for 349€ (no other SKU) and the games for 69€ (insider info is said to have confirmed this)

http://recherche.fnac.com/Search/SearchResult.aspx?SCat=0%211&Search=wii+u&sft=1&submitbtn=OK

It's a WiiU + Gamepad SKU, which means that the 249$ SKU probably doesn't have the Gamepad. Which leaves the 299€ one but I actually doubt those SKUs are real to begin with.

Of course, all this might just be a gigantic bluff from retailers in order to get preorders...

It's out of the realm of what's possible that Nintendo will sell the WiiU without the gamepad. It's like if the Wii were launched without the wiimote.

Not a chance in hell.

Bear in mind that Nintendo is saving every penny atm. They didn't include the charger in the 3DS XL on the grounds that there were plenty of compatible DSi chargers out there. They could very well have the same reasoning telling that there are plenty of Wiimotes out there to make the WiiU work. But again, I seriously doubt the whole multiple SKUs thing.  

Not gonna happen.

Nintendo designs their consoles around software that they envison, and WiiU is being marketed with the screen controller principle in mind.  There's no way they are going to fragment the userbase; they will make sure that every WiiU owner has this functionality out of the box for the sake of this design philosophy.

Personally, I think multiple SKUs is a possibility, but definitely not one without a WiiU Gamepad.