Seriously, how can Nintendo justify their $350 32GB Wii U SKU now?

Nintendo stated that they have no intentions on dropping the price of the Wii U after hearing about the PS4's $399 price point.  No offence, but what drugs are Nintendo on?  The PS4 is around 5x more powerful than the Wii U, has a 500GB hardrive and is only $50 more than the 32GB Wii U. The tech in the Wii U gamepad is not exactly state of the art, so how can they justify the price now?  The freaking Vita has a better screen than the Wii U. 

I wonder this too. how exenspive is the gamepad of nintendo to charge the console at $300-$350

Nintendo stated that they have no intentions on dropping the price of the Wii U after hearing about the PS4's $399 price point.  No offence, but what drugs are Nintendo on?  The PS4 is around 5x more powerful than the Wii U, has a 500GB hardrive and is only $50 more than the 32GB Wii U. The tech in the Wii U gamepad is not exactly state of the art, so how can they justify the price now?  The freaking Vita has a better screen than the Wii U. 

emgesp

32GB seems really small now compared to Xbones and PS4s 500GB harddrives and PCs multiple Terabyte harddrives.

You have to compare it with the 300$ SKU.

The 350$ SKU includes a game, a few extras, and a digital promotion of 10% off in everything of the eShop (in coupons - 5$ for each 50$ you spend).

Well look at it this way. The Wii U will have a better library out when the PS4 launches.
They may be waiting to see the sales.

You have to compare it with the 300$ SKU.

The 350$ SKU includes a game, a few extras, and a digital promotion of 10% off in everything of the eShop (in coupons - 5$ for each 50$ you spend).

T3H_1337_N1NJ4

Well look at it this way. The Wii U will have a better library out when the PS4 launches.
They may be waiting to see the sales.

KungfuKitten

Despite whatever they might say now, I expect a $50 price cut just before the launch of the PS4.

Well look at it this way. The Wii U will have a better library out when the PS4 launches.
They may be waiting to see the sales.

KungfuKitten

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Well look at it this way. The Wii U will have a better library out when the PS4 launches.
They may be waiting to see the sales.

emgesp

Despite whatever they might say now, I expect a $50 price cut just before the launch of the PS4.

Bigboi500

They can't, but blind and misinformed casuals will buy them.
On all aspects, it is the worse console, besides the usual cartoon stuff to appease dedicated fans.
Even that doesnt hold a candle to some Next Gen games.

Cant believe my smartphone has more memory than the Wii:U.
Clearly, Nintendo are being cheap and looking for an easy buck again.

They can't, but blind and misinformed casuals will buy them.
On all aspects, it is the worse console, besides the usual cartoon stuff to appease dedicated fans.
Even that doesnt hold a candle to some Next Gen games.

Cant believe my smartphone has more memory than the Wii:U.
Clearly, Nintendo are being cheap and looking for an easy buck again.

g0ddyX

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

Despite whatever they might say now, I expect a $50 price cut just before the launch of the PS4.

Randolph

Power and size doesn't equal price. WII U has its own market and dominates it, I call it the party gaming console.

[QUOTE="KungfuKitten"]

Well look at it this way. The Wii U will have a better library out when the PS4 launches.
They may be waiting to see the sales.

emgesp

Its the gamepad that's is expensive

This is the list that I know of :
PS4 2013
Assassins Creed 4
Battlefield 4
COD:Ghost
Killzone: Shadow Fall
Knack
Oddworld: New n tasty
The Witness
Warframe
Watchdogs
Wolfenstein: The New Order

Wiu 2013
COD:Ghost
Game & Wario
(New Super Luigi U)
Oddworld: Strangers Wrath
Pikmin 3
Rayman Legends
Super Mario 3D World
The Wonderful 101
Watchdogs
Wii Fit U/Wii Party U
Windwaker HD
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Just Dance 4
Zombi U
ME:3/COD:BO2/Batman/Nintendoland
Sonic Racing Transformed

Can people please add or remove as they figure things out? Maybe even add Xone so we can look at it all and go "meh" like we are true cynical core gamers.

Not one game coming in the fall for Wii U is a must have some of them are basically rehashes or desperate attempts to sell a wounded animal.

[QUOTE="emgesp"][QUOTE="KungfuKitten"]

Well look at it this way. The Wii U will have a better library out when the PS4 launches.
They may be waiting to see the sales.

KungfuKitten

Not one game coming in the fall for Wii U is a must have some of them are basically rehashes or desperate attempts to sell a wounded animal.

chocolate1325

I agree $350 was a bit much, but when you factor in the cost of an XL 3DS, and the Nintendo Land pack-in, it sort of makes sense to price it as such.

I agree $350 was a bit much, but when you factor in the cost of an XL 3DS, and the Nintendo Land pack-in, it sort of makes sense to price it as such.

Heirren

I agree $350 was a bit much, but when you factor in the cost of an XL 3DS, and the Nintendo Land pack-in, it sort of makes sense to price it as such.

Heirren

[QUOTE="KungfuKitten"]

Well look at it this way. The Wii U will have a better library out when the PS4 launches.
They may be waiting to see the sales.

emgesp

Donkey Kong Country, Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101, Sonic, Wind Waker HD and Super Mario 3D World are all coming this year.

[QUOTE="emgesp"][QUOTE="KungfuKitten"]

Well look at it this way. The Wii U will have a better library out when the PS4 launches.
They may be waiting to see the sales.

R4gn4r0k

Donkey Kong Country, Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101, Sonic, Wind Waker HD and Super Mario 3D World are all coming this year.

Bu bu bu but Nintendo have free online :P

[QUOTE="Heirren"]

I agree $350 was a bit much, but when you factor in the cost of an XL 3DS, and the Nintendo Land pack-in, it sort of makes sense to price it as such.

emgesp

That's what they are doing.  The 8gig is being taken out of the equation, I believe, with the price going to $299.  This way Nintendo sort of avoids the that "diminishing value" of a product when there is a price cut. 

$250 would be nice for those that havent bought it, but when you compare that to the 3DS line, it doesn't give the wiiu that "premium" home console vibe to a lot of consumer--"this is only $50 more?"

I still believe that the wiiu was cut back, technology wise, based on the feedback of initial 3DS price.  What happened is the wii ran its course, went all the way down to $129 at a lot of places, and in turn started changing the expected product cost consumers became accustomed to seeing with Nintendo products.  Not "budget" by means, but far from cutting edge.  The 3DS was, imo, likely a test of sorts to see how much people would be willing to for a Nintendo product and slightly raise that cap in the process.

Nintendo is a smart company.  They'll figure something out and be fine.  Just look at 3DS.  They release the console at $250, are more or less forced to reduce the price to $170, and what do they do to recoup?  Shortly after, they RAISE THE PRICE!  They release the XL at $50 more than the initial cost, which is even cheaper to produce.

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I wouldn't be surprised if NSMBU+Luigi become the new pack in.

you basically paying that much just to play nintendo exclusives, you won't be getting multiplat games which in my opinion really makes a system. 350 for a secondary device is absurd and nintendo has no one to blame but themselves. 

Nintendo lives in their own little world.

Power and size doesn't equal price. WII U has its own market and dominates it, I call it the party gaming console.

MrGameChef

You are confusing Wii U with Wii. Besides Xbox 360 (kinect especially) and Ps3 have been dominating party gaming past 2-3 years.

The only market Wii U is dominating right now is nintendo fans, and even many of them are waiting for next-gen mario and/or zelda.

32GB seems really small now compared to Xbones and PS4s 500GB harddrives and PCs multiple Terabyte harddrives.

R4gn4r0k

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

Despite whatever they might say now, I expect a $50 price cut just before the launch of the PS4.

Randolph

[QUOTE="R4gn4r0k"]

32GB seems really small now compared to Xbones and PS4s 500GB harddrives and PCs multiple Terabyte harddrives.

illmatic8582

[QUOTE="illmatic8582"][QUOTE="R4gn4r0k"]

32GB seems really small now compared to Xbones and PS4s 500GB harddrives and PCs multiple Terabyte harddrives.

Heirren

[QUOTE="illmatic8582"][QUOTE="R4gn4r0k"]

32GB seems really small now compared to Xbones and PS4s 500GB harddrives and PCs multiple Terabyte harddrives.

Heirren

I don't want to buy a dedicated external HDD for a Wii-U, nor do I want to use my existing external HDD (which I only use for backups) on the Wii-U. If I do have to buy one, that effectively increases the price of the Wii-U since Nintendo has passed that cost on to me. PLUS if I do that I'm having to deal with the additional inconvenience of having yet another device with yet another cable and power plug cluttering up my entertainment area. No, just, no. I shouldn't have to deal with that shit just because Nintendo is too cheap to include at least a reasonable level of internal storage.

It is not at all acceptable to have to run games off of an external HDD or off a slow a$$ SD card. Terrible justification on Nintendo's part. Considering they don't require installs, and basically limit patches to smaller than 360, I could live with less than 500 GB. Hell I've been "living with" 120GB on my PS3 for years now. But 32GB is absolutely rediculous, and it was rediculous for a "deluxe" system on the day it launched. At launch it should have been 8GB basic, and 128GB deluxe, or something like that. But the whole concept of basic system is broken considering just 1 or 2 games or updates can wipe out your entire storage. More likely the Wii-U needs a single 128GB SKU, and that SKU needs to be $249. Anything worse than that is a cheap ripoff IMO. 

To me they can't justify their price, espeically once the PS4 drops. Nintendo's going to have to knock a $100 off their price at the very least.

They can't. It should be $199.

Pretty sure they will drop the price closer to the PS4's launch. They won't announce any price cut till the last minute though, people won't pay for a Wii U now if they think a cut is coming.JamDev