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Forums - Nintendo - Wii U: The price is right or is $299 the new $599?

The cost of the controller by itself is just to make money off of stupid consumers that buy it independently, thinking that it'll upgrade their Wii.



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Salnax said:
The cost of the controller by itself is just to make money off of stupid consumers that buy it independently, thinking that it'll upgrade their Wii.

Lol. A fool and his money will part soon.



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Of course it won't sell like the Wii, but I thought $299 was the expected price. It was for me anyway.



pezus said:
Salnax said:
The cost of the controller by itself is just to make money off of stupid consumers that buy it independently, thinking that it'll upgrade their Wii.

Does the WIi U not support two tablets?


It does, but I'm not sure if more than a couple of games will support it. Maybe Call of Duty and Pikmin 3 will, but I can't think of any other launch window titles that even support it as an option. As a general rule, local multiplayer games seem to assume that any additional controllers will either be Wiimotes or the Pro controllers.



I think the price is right. Specially considering those who already have any kind of Wii controllers.



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Wait, it's 349$? Psssh, so not buying that!



PS3 was a new gen console... Wii U uses outdated graphics from 2005... I think it should be priced at $149'99 if it wants to stay competitive.



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Price is right for consumers, price is wrong for me.



Or is it 299$? I'm confused...



At that price I think many parents are going to get their children that console and I might but I'll have to know what games are going to come out for it next year first.