Wii U Price Gouging at a High

[HappySqurriel]

crissindahouse said:

HappySqurriel said:

If I couldn't pre-order I would probably wait until the new year to pick one up, but I can understand how a few people would be willing to pay such high prices for a system ...

If you're earning enough money and have low enough expenses the difference in spending $349 and $600 on a console is not that significant, and for someone who really wants to get their kids the "Best Christmas Gift Ever!" I could understand them spending the extra money.

indeed. i mean, that's the reason many people got rich, selling other rich people stuff for super high prices, if it's furniture, art or whatever. if "rich" people want something they can only get from few persons at the moment they want it (and not months later), they are willing to pay much for it.

I wouldn't say that these people are necessarily "rich" ...

For the top 80% of American families they could afford to spend this on a Christmas gift for the whole family if they were motivated enough. Of course the average American family wouldn't be interested, but if only 2.5% of these American households would consider spending that much more for a system and 2.5% of those were interested in the Wii U, there would still be 50,000 systems sold above retail.