Sure sounds like Sakurai is taking our money for granted though! Honestly, this guy is acting as a jerk for no reason (something that everyone could debate on I guess).
Personally I think people are underestimating the Wii U product... let's look at the $389 Wii U Bundle- You get a controller that has a pretty neat screen and some other standard technologies, a controller, 2 games, the console itself which is still fairly new, Wii compatibility, a Wii sensor, etc.
I think people are only expecting Nintendo to lower the price as they've done it with the 3DS because they're being greedy.
Also, the old consoles (MasterSystem/Nes/Snes/MasterSystem) being the best ones to have been released people should know that graphics doesn't matter- not excluding the fact that Wii U games do look good anyway.
Call me a fanboy if you may, but so far I've owned every console released until this new generation, which makes ME feel like we have to choose which console will be the least shitty. I've sold my VITA and I've decided to keep my 3DS/buy a Wii U and upgrade my PC.
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