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RedInker on 26 October 2012

Its not a bad price to be fair. If you dont want to pay that amount wait a while for a price drop. Simples.



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Lafiel on 26 October 2012
Viper1 said:
selnor said:

Are you for real?

Seriously. So whats the point in the Wii U pad for games. If it makes absolutely no difference since you can play it with a Wii Cintroller.

Can you buy the console without any Wii U controllers and save money?

Id rather do that so I can play 4 player, because I obviously dont need a Gamepad.

Asynchronous multiplayer.  Look it up.

you probably mean asymmetric .. asynchronos means "not at the same time", in other words "taking turns"



Pavolink on 26 October 2012

It's clear that we need the Wii U Official Thread and explain everything about it AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.



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Viper1 on 26 October 2012
Lafiel said:
Viper1 said:
selnor said:

Are you for real?

Seriously. So whats the point in the Wii U pad for games. If it makes absolutely no difference since you can play it with a Wii Cintroller.

Can you buy the console without any Wii U controllers and save money?

Id rather do that so I can play 4 player, because I obviously dont need a Gamepad.

Asynchronous multiplayer.  Look it up.

you probably mean asymmetric .. asynchronos means "not at the same time", in other words "taking turns"

Wow.   I finally had an autocorrect goof.  Thanks for catching that.



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Lafiel on 26 October 2012
Viper1 said:
Lafiel said:
Viper1 said:
selnor said:

Are you for real?

Seriously. So whats the point in the Wii U pad for games. If it makes absolutely no difference since you can play it with a Wii Cintroller.

Can you buy the console without any Wii U controllers and save money?

Id rather do that so I can play 4 player, because I obviously dont need a Gamepad.

Asynchronous multiplayer.  Look it up.

you probably mean asymmetric .. asynchronos means "not at the same time", in other words "taking turns"

Wow.   I finally had an autocorrect goof.  Thanks for catching that.

ok then that's disappointing, it should have given you something more funny like "asexual multiplayer" or "asocial multiplayer" :D



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JazzB1987 on 26 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.


Did you live under a rock?

1. The 32gb is for savegames and small eShop/wiiware style games.
2. its not a harddrive its flash memory.
3. Its better than making the console even more expensive and giving you a 500gb HDD that Nintendo bought in (lets say) june installed in the consoles in september and sold to you in november for the price nintendo had to pay for the HDD in june. (which was more expensive than now)

4. It is £249.99 without game and without second controller NOT 309!!! The black "TOP" model has NintendoLand which has several games inside. Its more than the shitty Wii Sports collection the Wii had.

5. You are not supposed to buy 2 controllers (gamepads). You are supposed to use Wiimotes etc. so additional controllers cost NOTHING when you already have Wiimotes and nunchucks or they cost whatever Wiimote and nunchucks cost (hint: Ebay £30)  and not £109 

 

Seriously I am not from the UK but even I know that the WiiU with 2 controllers (1x GamePad 1x Pro Controller) and ZombiU costs  £ 319.99.  Tekken Tag Tournament 2 costs £27.95  and all the other games like New Super Mario U cost £39.99 with free UK and even free EU delivery!

So what exactly was your problem now? Its not Nintendo's fault when you buy at shitty shops that have everything overpriced.

P.S. 4 Wiimotes with nunchucks/classic controllers  and 2 Gamepads  = possible 6 player multiplayer. Nintendo Land which is bundled with the black WiiU version is 5 player multiplayer already. Nintendo said that later games will support two GamePads(tablets) so then we should be able to have 6 player multiplayer.



Viper1 on 26 October 2012
Lafiel said:
Viper1 said:
Lafiel said:

you probably mean asymmetric .. asynchronos means "not at the same time", in other words "taking turns"

Wow.   I finally had an autocorrect goof.  Thanks for catching that.

ok then that's disappointing, it should have given you something more funny like "asexual multiplayer" or "asocial multiplayer" :D

That would have been awesome and sent in to FailBlog.



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krafty89 on 26 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.

Actually its £283.49 with Nintendo Land here http://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/en/Games/Wii-U/Nintendo-Wii-U-32Gb-HDD-Premium-Pack-Console-Plus-Nintendo-Land-Black/product.html?med=aff&product=E11134256&esrc=cj&AID=1546795

Using this code:  

SETENS12R 

Games priced at £49.99 are clearly placeholder prices (Such as before Vita lauch) Most will be £39.99. 

Yes it still is priced incorrectly when shown against US prices, but as with Vita the Price will decrease before Launch. There is just too much competition for that not too happen. 



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Porcupine_I on 26 October 2012

i suppose someone had to fill the gap with lilbroex gone



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zuvuyeay on 26 October 2012

isn't £300 pretty good for all that,the super slim is £250 isn't it top one anyway

what is nintendoland then is it a lot of games or like one huge platformer game



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