Wii U: The price is right or is $299 the new $599?

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pezus said:

RolStoppable said:

NintendoPie said:
Or is it 299$? I'm confused...

It's both. Basic Pack and Premium Pack.

@pezus

What's the price of the tablet controller? I didn't see it mentioned anywhere yet.

13,440 yen in Japan (~$170 dollars), so around $150 in NA? 

Yep probably right and crazy expensive. So 1/2 of the console (at a profit) is the gamepad. Surprised actually as I figured $80 max. Considering as its not even avail yet in NA and not mentioned in NA presentation, I'm thinking it may be cheaper when it actually comes out next year. Who knows, maybe they just didn't want to mention it and scare folks off.