400-450 euro sounds very realistic - PS3 is slightly profitable at 250 ? So with more advanced hardware they break even point could be 300-350 - add 100 more for Nintendo Greed tax and everything matches perfectly.

Wii U will need to be priced right to compete against: XBox 360 and PS3. The Wii's lack of power under its hood has slowed down its sales in the last year or two.

Nintendo needs an upgrade to the Wii as soon as possible in order to compete against both Sony and Microsoft. The price of the Wii U will more than likely in the $300 to $400 price range.

Ridicilous article. It will cost no more than $300.

€and$350 i'll stake my life on it

I was like 'No way!!!' then I read Australia...Well that is possible =p

Only if it's underpowered to the levels of X360/PS3

600 is a lot of money. The hardware reeeeallymmust warrant it. I mean I even doubt next gem xboxnand Sony consoles will cost that much.

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So no one actually read the article, I assume.

"Apparently, EB Games Australia and Zawi have both listed the price of the Wii U in their part of the world, each of which converts to ~$600 US"

That is not how prices of consoles work. When the Wii launched in the USA for $249 US, it released in Australia for $400 AU, which converted to $315, not $249. So even if the source is absolutely correct that it will launch for the equivalent of $600 US in Australia, that would be a launch price of $474 in the USA.

most electronics in Aus seem to launch at double USA price because they seemed to forget exchange rate has improved.