How is it possible that the X1 and PS4 are already basically the same price as a Wii U?

[theRepublic]

Kuksenkov said:

SuperNova said:

Eh....Eherm.....I...I care! :P

No seriously, I appreciate it. I'm a student, I'm not swimmimng in money. So everything I don't have to spend on my power bill, I can spend on games/assorted nice things. Maybe electricity is cheaper in the US or something, but it's pretty expensive where I live and prices are rising pretty much yearly.

Electricity is expensive over here. A "normal" amount to pay every bill is around the $400-500 Mark. I believe the providers are just greedy, because the watt price isn't too expensive.

I don't mean to discount your experience, but most people are looking at the games to decide what console they want.  I bet the vast majority of people have no idea how much electricity each console uses.