That would be insanely cheap, i doubt it highly. Would be amazing though, i would camp for it lol

@bolded:  Yeah, I'd say when you consider variety and quality combined, it's probably the best, most robust launch line-up of any game system ever... even if it does lack something of the caliber of, say, a Mario 64 or Twilight Princess.

Don't get my hopes up. 300 usd at launch end of story.

If it's $200 I will have absolutely zero qualms with buying one this year.

As it stands, I'm still getting one this year, but I'll feel guilty for it otherwise.

Is a $200 WiiU really that far fetched? The Gamepad is basically an oversized Dualshock with an LCD touchscreen. LCD screens have become extremely cheap to produce. If I remember correctly it is only running at 480p and it is not a multitouch screen. So how much can it really cost to make? 50.00-60.00

If reports are correct and the system itself is only a couple times more powerful than the 360/PS3 is it unreasonable to think it would cost appx $100 to produce. Considering it lacks a hard drive, is rumored to have 1.5 gigs of ram, and is supposedly using a pretty standard CPU/GPU it doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

I plan on getting it regardless and expect it to Launch at $249.99, but at $199.99 it would look like a fantastic bargain when compared to the 360 and PS3. The fact that you can use all your existing Wii peripherals only adds to the value and could make the WiiU impossible to find this holiday.

Nintendo learned it's lesson with the 3DS and I don't think they'll make the same mistake twice. The system is launching with a Mario game so they already corrected one of the mistakes. If they can launch it at an irresistible price as well it could be a very good holiday for Nintendo. Just my two cents.

$199 is a pretty astute price. The 16GB PS3 is rumoured to start at $179 at the end of this year for a comparable model and the Xbox 360 will probably be cut down to ~$149 - $199 with Kinect. I don't think they could get away with charging much more than that, they need to offer good value against two very established competitors.

But then what are they competing for?  Scraps of gamers?  I don't know how much that controller is going to cost, but assuming 30 dollars bill of meterials, that means Nintendo is putting together a 170 dollars piece of technology... that won't exactly get you very far.  So either they really under powered the Wii U to PS3/360 levels or this rumoured price is wrong.

@bold NSMB U will probably do the job

did I see a reggie article a week ago on the forums where he said the WiiU will be for those with a decent disposibile income?

If $200 means a decent disposible income DAMN.

OR they're selling it at a loss.