Predict the price of the Wii U (what are you willing to pay?)

Depends on how much better the hardware is than PS3/360 but I'll be a $299 person wihch means same in Euros and £270.

As for what I'm willing to pay. Anything if there is amazing worthwhile content and no restrictions from me being able to enjoy it like I don't know, region locking...

Too early to say when it might be bought still got 3DS to buy...maybe.
 
I hope they have felt the market caution them on the initial 3DS pricepoint.

You can get a 4GB Slim Xbox 360 in the UK for £120. Larger capacity for £170, and 4GB with Kinect for about £180. When this launches those prices will have dropped, and the 320GB PS3 will be £200-230 with smaller capacity models costing £150-200. Bare in mind that thing plays Blu-Ray movies when you consider its 'value'...

The new controller, the 'newness' factor and improved graphics (however improved they are) will buy this system some good will for a price premium over those prices, but not much. I reckon £50-80 more, tops. £230-250 would be an amazing price and hurt PS Vita sales IMO (launching at £230), but from £250 upwards, they begin to lose buyers at an increasing rate.

That's my logic. I think it needs to be £230-250 in the UK, probably $299 max in the US, and as cheap as possible for Japan.
 
Impossible to determine without knowing the internals, based on what we know $350 if its weaker than we expect $400 if its more powerful than we expect.
 
I'll give them a pack of gum and a shoestring. Or I guess $299.99. Just seems reasonable for what Nintendo "stands for" in their pricing. That said, I can see it being more by virtue of that controller.

Actually, I'm more curious on the cost of the controllers really; that'll be the make-or-break pricing of the console since it's primary lure is the controller. At the rate we're going with controller prices every gen, I'll soon have a Sophie's Choice situation of buying a controller or a handheld, christ.
 
Anything over $300 is uncharacteristic of Nintendo isn't it? They've never released a console more expensive than that right?

Edit: I guess releasing the 3DS @ $249 is also uncharacteristic of Nintendo though...
 
I'd anticipate $300 to $350 myself. I'll be waiting regardless though, unless Smash Bros. looks good and is a launch title.
 
synt4x said:
Anything over $300 is uncharacteristic of Nintendo isn't it? They've never released a console more expensive than that right?
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They've never released a touch screen controller with a HD console before either. If its Power 7 + an AMD 5XX series GPU, it will be more than $300 since Nintendo doesn't take losses on hardware at any point.

Their handheld was more than people predicted as well.
 
I can see the pricing it >$300, I will buy one at $299.

TheHeretic said:
They've never released a touch screen controller with a HD console before either. If its Power 7 + an AMD 5XX series GPU, it will be more than $300 since Nintendo doesn't take losses on hardware at any point.

Their handheld was more than people predicted as well.
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Yeah, but that's 5/6 year old hardware graphics, they didn't show anything that looks better than the HD twins.
 
K' Dash said:
Yeah, but that's 5/6 year old hardware graphics, they didn't show anything that looks better than the HD twins.
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IBM Power 7 isn't better than the HD Twins? Thats the most modern IBM architecture available for a console. The tech demo shows effects the current consoles certainly can't do, the depth of field alone is a massive step above current consoles.
 
$299

Their video showed how they still want to target the console to everyone. They'll have to have a mass market price if they hope to repeat the original Wii phenomenon.
 
$250 would be wishful thinking, but I'd jump in at $300. Any word on if they'll offer any colors other than Fischer-Price white? White plastic always comes off as cheap lawn furniture or children's toys.
 
Sindou_Hikaru20 said:
349€/$ with an Pack in Game ala Wii Sports^^
(New Mario Bros. Mii?)
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Seeing as NoE have dropped Wii Sports in favour of Mario Kart Wii I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo chose a Mario game to bundle with the Wii U.

It would also give off the image that it is a system for both core and casual players.
 
$200

after the accessory fest that the wii was, nothing more than $200. I still havent bought motion plus for any of my controllers because I cant see paying $30 per controller for added functionality.
 
Since Iwata mentioned it wasn't designed to be as afforable as the Wii and Nintendo likes to make profits from its hardware sales right out of the gate, I think it'll be $350.

I'm not sure if I'd be willing to pay that much though. I need to see a lot more video of the kind of games that interest me first.
 
$299 probably.

Won't be buying it unless they actually figure out something interesting to do with their gimmick this time other than throw the nostalgia at it with lame uninspiring sequels, unnecessary remakes, shit mini games and ports.
 
Credo said:
Since Iwata mentioned it wasn't designed to be as afforable as the Wii and Nintendo likes to make profits from its hardware sales right out of the gate, I think it'll be $350.

I'm not sure if I'd be willing to pay that much though. I need to see a lot more video of the kind of games that interest me first.
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Did he actually say that? I don't recall that.
 
TheHeretic said:
IBM Power 7 isn't better than the HD Twins? Thats the most modern IBM architecture available for a console. The tech demo shows effects the current consoles certainly can't do, the depth of field alone is a massive step above current consoles.
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They didn't show any games (a tech demo isn't a game) that look better than PS360, the power is there, now it's up to developers to take advantge of it, they certainly didn't do it with the Wii.
 
Effect said:
Did he actually say that? I don't recall that.
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Haha, I'm glad you mentioned that and got me to go back and watch the conference.

I thought I heard him say, "However, this (the controller) was not designed to be an affordable game experience," or something like that. But he actually said, "a portable" instead of "affordable," so I misheard him.

Still, I imagine it'll be around $350. There's no way it'll be $400, but I don't think it'll go so low as $300 either.
 
So long as everyone acts unimpressed at the next E3, we might be lucky enough to get $299 for its price. Otherwise, Nintendo will kick it up to $399 and never think twice.

So yes, remember: Next year, no matter what they show, shrug and let your eyes wander.
 
K' Dash said:
They didn't show any games (a tech demo isn't a game) that look better than PS360, the power is there, now it's up to developers to take advantge of it, they certainly didn't do it with the Wii.
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The power wasn't there with the Wii.
 
299 with a game. Or 349 with a game and a Wiimote+Nunchuck.

I'm thinking 299 though. Most people already own Wiimotes, and those that don't could buy it with Wii Play for better value.

I might go for it early on at 299, but if it sells for more, I could easily wait a couple years.
 
All those predicting $249 or below are crazy.This is nintendo we're talking about,they always price higher to make profit right off the bat the moment it launches.
 
It depends how cocky Nintendo is feeling. If they think they can get away with a higher price like with the 3DS then they will probably put it at $350 or so. Otherwise it will be $300.
 
I'd probably pay $400 if there is compelling software at launch. Otherwise, I'll just wait until there's a game I want like I've "recently" done with the PS2, PS3, Xbox and Xbox 360.
 
well the tech is somewhat dated, and they have a year to source and get best prices possible, anything over $300 would be a crime.
 
AlexMeloche said:
I would like different SKUs, à la 360. 299$ for a 8GB version, 349$ for a 160/250GB version.
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What makes you think it will have hard drives that large? It's using flash.
 
What's the price of an IPad nowadays?

Nintendo thinks Wii owners will flock to the new console. They showed an incredible amount of arrogance with the 3DS pricing. Making money is the goal and they've milked the naive for every nickel. This will not change.

Based on the predictions in this thread, I think there are going to be a lot of very disappointed people when the first Wii U price is announced.
 
BGBW said:
Seeing as NoE have dropped Wii Sports in favour of Mario Kart Wii I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo chose a Mario game to bundle with the Wii U.

It would also give off the image that it is a system for both core and casual players.
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Not true. They have 2 SKUs now one with Mario Kart, other with Wii Sports+Resort (which I think counts as Wii Sports resort for sales purposes). Yes there was an SKU before that had both (and cost more) so in a sense you can spin it either way.

But otherwise I agree that Mario can be the perfect middle-ground between casual and core. Though I'm still not sure there will be full games bundled, depends on how the 3DS bulit-in stuff has fared. Part of the reason why the Wii was ~$40 cheaper in Japan was due to no Wii Sports bundled and if the technology isn't too dated bundling full software could push it over £300 ~$330 range.
 
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