Wii U games $60

I think Nintendo games will be taken more seriously now

this was to be expected...

$60 isn't bad for consoles at all....I imagine that Microsoft and Sony will be pressured to up their prices if AAA development is going to be supported on their systems for anything other than established brands - the cost of development for these studios is too often the studio itself. At least with the Wii, a company can make a stab at a good game or niche title without killing themselves on graphics costs and manage to be profitable even if it doesn't become the next Madden or Call of Duty (like Xenoblade Chronicles). Sure, ease of experimentation also means shovelware system, but at least we get some cool exclusives out of it (such as Fluidity or World of Goo).

As a 360, Wii, and gaming PC owner, I'm really not interested in the next Xbox yet. All the valve/ea/multiplatform AAA titles end up coming to PC with free online support at a third of the price for whoever waits for the inevitable seasonal sale on Steam, and I just can't justify my xbox purchase on Kameo and Halo alone. Sadly, my Wii has gotten played a lot more in the past year than my 360. Wii-U as my interest for the gamepad, but I really need to wait until the next Nintendo-FPS comes out to see how a purchase could give me something I can't have with a PC-wired 360 setup.

60$ is what most console games go for now so I'm not really seeing what the outrage is about.

I'll save my outrage for when sony or microsoft announces that their next system games will be 70 - 75$

Did people really think upgraded ports would be cheaper on Wii U? Wow.

Not impressed. Fail.

£320 for a Wii U?..  What are they playing at?..  I hope they do a 3ds style price drop after Christmas

this is not a good sign. i do have a basic understanding of economics and nintendo's justification for this price isnt there. when the 360 and ps3 came out the landscape of games was different. the ipphone app games and tablets wernt a factor, ps3 and 360 were pushing the boundaries of what was possible at the time. This time things are different.  on top of already competing with tv, music and movies, they now have to compete with 1. iphone apps and games (yes i know they arent as rich experiences but noone can deny they have a market) 2.  tablet games 3. the previous generation already having touch games 4. a huge back catalogue of games for the wii, ps3 and xbox 360. the jump in graphics and capabilities soared with the leap from ps2 to ps3, you couldnt have 1000's of enemies of screen ala dead rising, the online aspect wasnt as developed. the wii u's big catch is saying "now we can do what the others have been doing for years already but with an extra gimmick".

im a collector and have all 3 current gen games plus pc. Im getting the wii u because i can pack the wii away and have this one and play a few new games at the same time but nothing so far has made me go "no more 360 or ps3 for a while!" i can buy a truck load of AAA games right now dirt cheap i bought red dead redemption goty version and la noire goty version and batman arkham city doty version all for $36 each (i live in oz) thats 3 great long games packed with content for 1 wii u game (advertised here for $108). 

sorry i love nintendo but this strategy won't work i think heavy discounting will be the reasons for a rush of wii u sales ala the 3ds, btw dont forget europes in recession, the us is still dragging, aus is slowing down as is china, people are tightening their belts.

supersaiyanrockr you are very nieve 

1 on my gamestop reserve new super mario bros u says $100 us dollars but guess what this confirmation right here proves that it was a place holder 

2   how you call this a lie you don't live in the usa ,   to even have substaintial proof this is going to be a lie , zombe u is 60 dollars  ,    

so why is that game 60 dollars ? ill tell you why ---its because wii u games are going to be 60 dollars or less,   heck even amazon,com lists smbu at 59,99 

     something tells me your a troll ,  and lovely how you post ebgames link , that is owned by gamestop the same said company who told me  that the 100 dollar price was most likely not right  that it was a place holder ,   now unless gamestop wants to owe me 40 bucks why would they say its 60 and charge 100? explain this 

Bullshit.

They're $108 over here in Australia.

That's more than we're charged for X360 and ps3 games.

I wonder if the Wii U will be like the Wii. Buy the Wii for $250 and sell on Ebay for $1000. That would be nice since you buy the Wii U for $350 and sell on Ebay for $1400. Thx Nintendo for being stupid and allowing me to make money off you(atleast off the Wii sold 3 of the for $1000 each one). Just saying.

32GB?  Seriously 32GB? 20 GB was horrible for the 360, but at least that was 2005.

It's 2012, 2 TB drives can be bought for 100 bucks or less for the past two years. (yes at times they are more expensive)

But c'mon.  8 gb and 32 gb?  I could see the 32gb being the cheap-o version. 

But when getting the deluxe version, it really should be 250-500 gb (at least).  Again, it easily could have been 2 TB.  If they really wanted to stretch it, they could have gone even higher than that since 2 TB isn't the biggest out there for the past year plus.

Is it upgradeable? 

Why only 1gb of memory?  It's not like 1-> 2 gb would have cost more than what...a dollar or three.  You can get 16 gb ddr3 for cheap as hell these days.  1gb?

Still underpowered against a medium computer from three years ago using a mid-range dx11 vid card. 

I'm sure there are some good things about this console.  I'm sure it's an upgrade over Wii.  I'm sure it's a bit better than 360/ps3 specs wise.  But um, this is supposed to be a new console right? 32gb deluxed hd and 1gb ram is shotty as hell.  1gb video memory is still pretty small with 2-4 out there on single card solutions as the norm.

It just seems since they aren't really trying to compete with 360/PS3.... obviously with a system like this.... they could of made a much better system and charged about 50 bucks more for it.  More hd, more ram, better processor, better and more memory vid card.   They could of stepped it up a notch or two on each and it not been very much more. 

People are complaining over $60? This is nothing new.

And, just like that, the Wii U's hope at success died....

This is all no-brainer stuff. I cannot believe Gamespot would write that story about the $100 listings without explaining why they were listed at $100, and instead implying that it was the actual retail price. But that's exactly the kind of hack writing you get from Eddie Makuch. Eddie, you really do suck.

Not a complaint, but a question and a survey. Where are people coming from that they paid more than 50$ for NES, Snes, 64, Genesis/ whathaveu ? I was there in the heydays, and I NEVER paid more than 49.99 for any game. Did you guys go to mom and pop shops?

So Pikmin 3 is skipping the Wii and heading straight for the Wii U?  I'll never forgive, never forget!  Wii on U, Nintendo!

Hell, even the original Quake came out for $60. $10 for the disc, and then $50 for the rest of the episodes. Granted, XBOX, PS2, Gamecube, and N64 retailed games for $50, while some SNES games retailed for $60. Nothing has changed, ever since the NES, most of the software sold for consoles stayed within that $10-range. In fact, adjusted for inflation, games are cheaper now than they were 10+ years ago. The only platform to be almost consistently cheaper is the PC and handheld consoles.

why are the games as much as ps3 and 360? looking at the vids iv seens the graphics aint as good as ps3.. i seen cod on wiiu and it looked crappy

I'll live. These standard prices are kinda BS, much as to the reason why I stopped playing console games. I'll prob buy like 5 games that I can replay, much like I do with my xbox, and just not buy anything else. 

When consoles are finally on par ideologically and physically with PC, then I'll start focussing more.