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Wii U get Nintendos Next Gen console at this price?

I am Miyamoto hear me ROA... 38 29.46%
 
I already have a PS3/360 ... 27 20.93%
 
No i'm saving up for a P... 46 35.66%
 
Waiting for an official price drop. 18 13.95%
 
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Otakumegane on 02 May 2013
pokoko said:
I wonder if it means new incoming SKUs?

Is Nintendoland a flop? Should it be phased out of bundles?


Nintendoland is obviously not Wii Sports but not a flop.

Though yeah it probably should have been bundled with NSMBU instead.



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Conegamer on 02 May 2013
Osc89 said:
Conegamer said:
A single store dropping price =/= official price change.

Now, if Nintendo were to advertise some games and make it this price (or around it) officially, expect to see them flying off the shelves. As it is, probably just a loss leader promotion.


HMV has had this price for a month + ZombiU. That was to clear the remaining stock, and it looks like it is the same for ASDA if you check the website.

But HMV has more Wii U bundles in stock now, so if they were clearing stock just to get more back in it seems a tad silly. 



 

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krafty89 on 02 May 2013

Amazon.uk have just price matched the Wii U Basic, just one retailer..........
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B004Y59P3A/?tag=hotukdeals-21



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arcane_chaos on 02 May 2013

looks like several people are saving up for a PS4(I'm in the same boat!!!)

this is an absolute steal for anyone wanting a Wii U atm, I will get a Wii U the moment a set release date is set for Monolith's "Codename X"



platformmaster918 on 02 May 2013

I'll wait for the holiday 2014 bundle for $200 possibly with Mario Kart or Smash Bros. (3D Mario or DKC would also be nice).




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cunger on 02 May 2013
krafty89 said:
I will be saving up for the PS4 and therefore don't need a Wii U. The PS3 is good enough for me for now.


That doesn't make much sense to me..  The console to buy this Christmas is the Wiiu. Nextbox and PS4 will take some time before the real system sellers start to arrive. Launches are terrible.



Osc89 on 02 May 2013
Conegamer said:
Osc89 said:
Conegamer said:
A single store dropping price =/= official price change.

Now, if Nintendo were to advertise some games and make it this price (or around it) officially, expect to see them flying off the shelves. As it is, probably just a loss leader promotion.


HMV has had this price for a month + ZombiU. That was to clear the remaining stock, and it looks like it is the same for ASDA if you check the website.

But HMV has more Wii U bundles in stock now, so if they were clearing stock just to get more back in it seems a tad silly. 


Really? The last I heard they were stopping hardware sales. The remaining HMVs here in London had cleared out everything but the Beats headphones when I went in last month. I thought that the price cut was necessary what with all the stores closing so they would have space, which was why they were taking the £70 hit on each one. It happened straight after a 2-for-1 blue sticker sale on lots of things like phone accessories, so they were all really empty.

As for Asda, it just seems like too big a cut for a loss leader, so I assume they are doing the same thing. It is costing the retailers too much to hang onto the Wii Us for Nintendo for so long. It is kind of worrying, I assumed it would be an HMV one off due to their financial troubles, but if Asda are doing it too they might be giving up on the Wii U for a while.



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krafty89 on 03 May 2013
pezus said:

 

UPDATE: Online retail giant Amazon has matched Asda's latest price drop for the Basic Wii U model, and cut the console's cost to just £149. The Wii U's Premium version has yet to have its price changed, however.

Entertainment retailer Base.com has matched Asda's pricing on both the Basic and Premium models however, the latter of which now costs just £199.

Both console flavours are currently out of stock on Asda's site.

We'll keep an eye on other retailers in case more follow suit.

 

Thanks, I already put it in the OP yesterday though :)



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the2real4mafol on 03 May 2013

I'm going to get Playstation 4 for sure but not too sure if i want Wii U or not. I would only get the premium one, i don't see the point in the basic version. But's its amazing that a 6 month old console is as cheap as the 7 year old Xbox 360 now



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the2real4mafol on 03 May 2013
pezus said:
I wish Amazon did this with Vita :/

Vita must be selling then, if it hasn't seen such promotions 



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