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burninmylight on 12 November 2014
zorg1000 said:
burninmylight said:

Hah

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/11/target_and_best_buy_weigh_in_with_nintendo_black_friday_deals_including_super_smash_bros_promotions


Exactly my point, no meaningful discounts for Wii U this holiday

 

Best Buy

So you get a Wii U (normally $300) + four games for an extra $60. Three excellent games plus one that's still pretty fun with friends and family. And one of those games is the Wii U's biggest game of the holiday season, and first or second biggest game of the entire year. And that game launches only a week before Black Friday at $60 by itself. You know, the same price you'd be paying for the game plus two other excellent games plus one that's still pretty fun with friends and family.

So what the fuck more do you want? A Wii U for $5.75 plus tax?



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Clyde32 on 12 November 2014

http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/11/7192823/best-buys-black-friday-deal-includes-wii-u-super-smash-bros-bundle



kitler53 on 12 November 2014
burninmylight said:
zorg1000 said:
burninmylight said:

Hah

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/11/target_and_best_buy_weigh_in_with_nintendo_black_friday_deals_including_super_smash_bros_promotions


Exactly my point, no meaningful discounts for Wii U this holiday

 

Best Buy

So you get a Wii U (normally $300) + four games for an extra $60. Three excellent games plus one that's still pretty fun with friends and family. And one of those games is the Wii U's biggest game of the holiday season, and first or second biggest game of the entire year. And that game launches only a week before Black Friday at $60 by itself. You know, the same price you'd be paying for the game plus two other excellent games plus one that's still pretty fun with friends and family.

So what the fuck more do you want? A Wii U for $5.75 plus tax?


the problem with these kinds of bundles is this,..  i have 0 interest in nintendo land and only slight interest in donkey kong.  also donkey kong and super mario 3D world sell below msrp these days.  so what i see is a wiiU marked up by $60 with about $120 of added value.

 

not exactly a motivating deal.



Soundwave on 12 November 2014

Iwata made it pretty clear in the stockholder meetings this year that they're not going to take on any additional hardware losses for the Wii U this fiscal year. Their goal is to climb back into profitability.

So retailers who are looking to Nintendo to subsidize (read: take a loss) on Black Friday Wii U promotions are probably getting the "no way" message from Nintendo this year.



burninmylight on 12 November 2014
kitler53 said:
burninmylight said:
zorg1000 said:
burninmylight said:

Hah

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/11/target_and_best_buy_weigh_in_with_nintendo_black_friday_deals_including_super_smash_bros_promotions


Exactly my point, no meaningful discounts for Wii U this holiday

 

Best Buy

So you get a Wii U (normally $300) + four games for an extra $60. Three excellent games plus one that's still pretty fun with friends and family. And one of those games is the Wii U's biggest game of the holiday season, and first or second biggest game of the entire year. And that game launches only a week before Black Friday at $60 by itself. You know, the same price you'd be paying for the game plus two other excellent games plus one that's still pretty fun with friends and family.

So what the fuck more do you want? A Wii U for $5.75 plus tax?


the problem with these kinds of bundles is this,..  i have 0 interest in nintendo land and only slight interest in donkey kong.  also donkey kong and super mario 3D world sell below msrp these days.  so what i see is a wiiU marked up by $60 with about $120 of added value.

 

not exactly a motivating deal.


For someone interested in all of those games, that's a good deal. Obviously, not every deal will appeal to everyone. If I didn't yet own a Wii U, I would snap that up in a heartbeat.



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Soundwave on 12 November 2014

That bundle is OK.

It's basically DKC: TF for free ... the standard Wii U bundle is now Mario 3D World + Nintendo Land bundled for $299.99, then for $60 more you get Smash and DKC ends up being basically the free game.



kitler53 on 12 November 2014
burninmylight said:
kitler53 said:
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the problem with these kinds of bundles is this,..  i have 0 interest in nintendo land and only slight interest in donkey kong.  also donkey kong and super mario 3D world sell below msrp these days.  so what i see is a wiiU marked up by $60 with about $120 of added value.

 

not exactly a motivating deal.


For someone interested in all of those games, that's a good deal. Obviously, not every deal will appeal to everyone. If I didn't yet own a Wii U, I would snap that up in a heartbeat.

but that's kind of my point.  it's only a good deal if you are interested in all those game.  on the other hand if it was just a wiiU for $200 that could motivate anyone because everyone likes money and they can use that money to buy whatever games they want.

same reason xbox is going to kill ps4 this black friday.   $300 price tag is way more universal than $400 with bundled games,.. even if it is a big game like GTA5.



mofili on 12 November 2014
kitler53 said:
burninmylight said:
zorg1000 said:
burninmylight said:

Hah

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/11/target_and_best_buy_weigh_in_with_nintendo_black_friday_deals_including_super_smash_bros_promotions


Exactly my point, no meaningful discounts for Wii U this holiday

 

Best Buy

So you get a Wii U (normally $300) + four games for an extra $60. Three excellent games plus one that's still pretty fun with friends and family. And one of those games is the Wii U's biggest game of the holiday season, and first or second biggest game of the entire year. And that game launches only a week before Black Friday at $60 by itself. You know, the same price you'd be paying for the game plus two other excellent games plus one that's still pretty fun with friends and family.

So what the fuck more do you want? A Wii U for $5.75 plus tax?


the problem with these kinds of bundles is this,..  i have 0 interest in nintendo land and only slight interest in donkey kong.  also donkey kong and super mario 3D world sell below msrp these days.  so what i see is a wiiU marked up by $60 with about $120 of added value.

 

not exactly a motivating deal.

Of course it´s not motivating for someone who isn´t interested in those games. What´s even your point? That people who don´t like those games won´t buy that bundle? Yeah thanks sherlock



burninmylight on 12 November 2014
Einsam_Delphin said:
burninmylight said:

Hah

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/11/target_and_best_buy_weigh_in_with_nintendo_black_friday_deals_including_super_smash_bros_promotions


The Target SSB Wii U deal is better than the ToysRUs one, as while there isn't much difference value wise ($15 vs $13), you don't have to get an amiibo and instead put the money towards anything. However, that's a Black Friday deal, so not only do you have to wait a week after release, you might also have to get up early and deal with hordes of rabid shoppers. I'm definitely sticking with ToysRUs.

I'm sure those deals will be available online as well. I dealt with that Black Friday mess in person one time in my life and one time only, and will never do it again.



burninmylight on 12 November 2014
Soundwave said:

That bundle is OK.

It's basically DKC: TF for free ... the standard Wii U bundle is now Mario 3D World + Nintendo Land bundled for $299.99, then for $60 more you get Smash and DKC ends up being basically the free game.

Ah, that puts it in perspective. I thought the standard WU bundle was still just one game. I'm sure there will be more Black Friday deals that pop up as we get closer.

See, Kitler? That kind of post is much more meaningful than, "I personally don't care about those games, so the deal sucks."