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MegaDrive08 on 24 October 2012

Yeah I'm getting it with Zombi U for £300 think it includes the controller pro a well



 

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Kyuubi Ricky SSJ2 on 24 October 2012
selnor said:

Wait. I thought the Wii U was supposed to be priced well.

Now The top model which comes with only 32 gb HDD. ( WTF? 32 gb )

Is 309.99 GBP. No games.

An extra controller is 109.99 GBP

And a game is 49.99 GBP. 

Now for me to buy a Wii U which I was considering at Crimbo with 2 controllers and 1 game is 469.97GBP ( About $752 US ).

WTF?????

I would have at least expected 1TB HDD and a bundle for around 350 GBP. Not Approaching PS3 launch price in my country with a controller and game. I could get a PS3 on launch day with an extra controller and game for 499 GBP in 2006. 

This is putting me right off. To have 4 Wii U controllers it will cost me 329.97 GBP on top of the original Console price.

 

DISGUSTING.

You seem confused.

It's £300 with a game (Premium). This model has 32 GB flash memory, 10% discount on digital downloads, Gamepad charging dock, console stand and Nintendo Land (the game that comes with it).

£250 with no game and less memory (Basic). 8 GB flash memory.

There's also a third SKU, the ZombiU edition. It's £320 and is the same as the premium but it comes with ZombiU instead of Nintendo Land. It also comes with a Wii U Pro controller.

All SKU's also come with a HDMI cable.

You don't use 4 tablet controllers to play multiplayer on the Wii U.

What you use to play 4 player multiplayer is: 1 Wii U gamepad (tablet that comes with the console) + 3 Pro Contollers or 3 Wii Remotes or a mix between the two. Some games like Nintendo Land can support up to 5 players.

This is the Pro Contoller:

Also £50 a game seems wrong. I think you need to stop shopping at GAME because they are extortionists. Wii U games are £40 or lower everywhere else.



Teriol on 24 October 2012

yesterday i receive a warning from one of the moderators for "trolling" because i was using words like "dead" and "sad"... i was thinkig that in this site even that was trolling... now im here in this thread and see this massive trolling; did the moderators at least send him a message like they do with me? because this is real trolling.



34 years playing games.

 

ethomaz on 24 October 2012

I agree with OP.

lol I agree with @selnor.



crissindahouse on 24 October 2012
ethomaz said:
I agree with OP.

lol I agree with @selnor.

Maybe Zanewane will quote you both to agree as well!

@topic

i don't think it's expensive nor cheap, i think it's a very "normal" pricing.



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noname2200 on 24 October 2012

I <3 this thread!



selnor on 24 October 2012
Mr Khan said:

The mods have decided that selnor honestly didn't know some things about Wii U and is not trolling, so we're letting this one stand.


Thankyou. I genuinely had no idea about this stuff. I thought it was like their previous consoles.



selnor on 24 October 2012

Quick note. Which High street shop are you guys getting from in the UK?

I usually go to Game.

http://www.game.co.uk/en/hardware/wii-u/?cm_sp=topnav-_-WiiU-_-NewWiiUConsoles



phenom08 on 24 October 2012

Good joke thread Selnor, we are eating it up.



Paul on 24 October 2012

My conclusion after reading this thread is that selnor has more shit than brains in his head. If I must be banned for that extremely logical conclusion so be it.

Moderated,

-Mr Khan