No way it will cost just 200$!

Bullshit. Nintendo will not launch at a loss. $249 or more.

It could still be one of many bundles along with New Super Mario Bros. U, Zombie U and maybe even Wii Fit U. Wii Sports too is boxed, after all.

Nintendo probably released the 3DS with the idea that at $250, they would eventually release their next console $100 more $350.

Seeing as to how that did not go over well, and the $80 price drop happened, they are probably going $50 less and releasing Wii U at an even $300. With the Wii's unprecedented success, they lost a bundle by releasing at $250, but hindsight is always 20/20.

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But like I said...it can, but I think it's a very good package that could be sold alone. Maybe the system will come with a light version or a minor-game, but... with Nintendo land it's too much, imo, especially for launch.

I doubt this is true but it could be possible. We have no idea what it costs to produce the pad so if that 'only' costs 40 dollars to produce than 200 could still make the Wii U turn in a profit with every unit sold. It won't be a lot though.

Personally I was thinking about 299 with a slight chance of it being 249 but 199 is really cheap. It does fit with Nintendo saying the price would be surprising.

Well, the same thing can be said about Super Mario 64. Bundled titles don't need to be of low quality.

200 seems unrealistic pricing. if true then i wanna know how much a system cost to make and what parts they used etc.... cause that seems like it will be another wii in terms on power compared to x720/ps4

Hmm... unlikely, but... yeah it's possible.

Think about it. The cheapest 360 nowadays costs the same amount, at $200 with just 4 GB of memory. The PS3 costs as little as $250. If Nintendo wanted to make a version of the Wii U with minimal internal memory, a slightly more powerful console would cost somewhere in the realm of $300.

But what if controllers and games were sold separately? Kinect proves that people are willing to spend over $100 for a fancy controller, and Wiimote Pluses are still selling for $40. If the system came packed with just a "Pro" controller, and the Gamepad were bundled with games like Nintendo Land, this would mean people could still play games like NSMBU without buying the expensive controller.

In other words, Nintendo would have found a sort of cheat. The Wii U would be a console with a commonly found, but unnecessary, peripheral.

Besides, I doubt a $200 console would be the only option. A Console+Gamepad+Game bundle could sell for $300.

Bundled games at launch are almost inexistant now. Just going by Nintendo... GBA, GC, DS, 3DS didn't had one. DC, PS2, PS3, PSP, XB and 360 didn't either. In today's age this is rare. Wii was the exception and I'm not saying Wii Sports is bad quality, it was revolutionary and perfect for the job, but it was much simpler than Nintendoland, imo.