Wii U Basic Being Recalled! Confirmed by GameStop - [ UPDATED ]

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gigantor21 said:

brendude13 said:

superchunk said:
yep. Nintendo is going to add 32GB of ram and resell them as deluxe.

Since this is happening one week after E3, I expect big news on new bundling options and quite possibly a price change for $299 for WiiU. (only one sku from now on) and various pricing depending on bundled game.

Hell, they may go crazy and drop it to $249 to $279 and have $299 the price point with a bundled game besides NL.

I also hope this corresponds to a set of free digital stuff from eShop for us early adopters.

Damn, that's a lot.

I'm not gonna lie, I got hype for a second. XD

Still, this is probably for the best considering most people probably got a Deluxe anyway. Might as well put the Basic models collecting dust to work.

Those basic model SKUs remind me of the original 20GB PS3 SKU. It was equally underpurchased and really only seemed to exist to offer consumers a cheaper SKU that still managed to be a poorer value.

Honestly, I think the only reason why anyone would buy the basic SKU is because they wanted a white console, not a black one.