| theprof00 said: @squill The wii launched at 249 with a 20$ game and one remote. The wiiu is 329 with a game and likely past Nintendo pwners have wiimotes. Id say the price is comparable for past owners, and for new owners 70$ more with a tablet. All they keed for casuals is a jew wiifit really. |
Wii Sports was highly compelling software. I wouldn't write it off as a 'mere' $20 game, look for instance at Minecraft which supplanted MW3 as the highest played Xbox Live game.
$249 with Wii Sports plus Wii Play $50 plus another game? 3 titles, two controllers for $349 for instance Mario Kart or NSMB. No console gave you two great local multiplayer titles plus another average one for that little at launch. It was an incredible value proposition and it is the kind of deal which caused the Wii to become viral because once people were exposed they caught the Wii bug.
For $349 you can walk out with a Wii U with a far less compelling title (forgot the packin) or $299 without. You'd have to pay minimum $399 and you'd only have one title with an extra controller which isn't the same as the Wii Pad (Pro). Whilst the console will sell well to the initial people who will buy it simply because A. It is the first next generation console and B. Because it is a Wii and C. Because it is made by Nintendo. This doesn't show the console as a repeat of the Wii. Before the Wii launched we had people lining up to find out about it whereas now the news media barely paid any attention to it.
Tease.
