Order-Sol wrote:

Nintendo has to see for a loss, though. They're trying to compete with two well-established consoles here, both of which cost less that $300. I could see the Wii U going for $300 or less at the most.

kurtbro900 wrote:

Order-Sol wrote:

Nintendo has to see for a loss, though. They're trying to compete with two well-established consoles here, both of which cost less that $300. I could see the Wii U going for $300 or less at the most.

There are several ways the Wii U could come out at 350 or even 400 dollars and still sell well. If Retro's new game is launch title, if Pikmin 3 is a launch title, if the 3rd party Wii U exclusive launch games are actually good (doubtful), and if Nintendo's app store is very much improved and comes with a very popular game at launch (Angry Birds). People are willing to spend 500 bucks on an ipad so I think they will spend 350 on a console with the same apps and a better controller. Now, why did I write so much.

shingi_70 wrote:

kurtbro900 wrote:

Order-Sol wrote:

Nintendo has to see for a loss, though. They're trying to compete with two well-established consoles here, both of which cost less that $300. I could see the Wii U going for $300 or less at the most.

There are several ways the Wii U could come out at 350 or even 400 dollars and still sell well. If Retro's new game is launch title, if Pikmin 3 is a launch title, if the 3rd party Wii U exclusive launch games are actually good (doubtful), and if Nintendo's app store is very much improved and comes with a very popular game at launch (Angry Birds). People are willing to spend 500 bucks on an ipad so I think they will spend 350 on a console with the same apps and a better controller. Now, why did I write so much.

lol

people don't buy the ipad for games. it just happen to do that too. The Ipad is far more Vauble and useful than the wii u will be.

Ryno wrote:

shingi_70 wrote:

kurtbro900 wrote:

Order-Sol wrote:

Nintendo has to see for a loss, though. They're trying to compete with two well-established consoles here, both of which cost less that $300. I could see the Wii U going for $300 or less at the most.

There are several ways the Wii U could come out at 350 or even 400 dollars and still sell well. If Retro's new game is launch title, if Pikmin 3 is a launch title, if the 3rd party Wii U exclusive launch games are actually good (doubtful), and if Nintendo's app store is very much improved and comes with a very popular game at launch (Angry Birds). People are willing to spend 500 bucks on an ipad so I think they will spend 350 on a console with the same apps and a better controller. Now, why did I write so much.

lol

people don't buy the ipad for games. it just happen to do that too. The Ipad is far more Vauble and useful than the wii u will be.

Very subjective opinion. I have no "use" for an Ipad though I enjoy video games on my HD TV therefore I have a use for a console that plays HD video games.

shingi_70 wrote:

Ryno wrote:

shingi_70 wrote:

kurtbro900 wrote:

Order-Sol wrote:

lol

people don't buy the ipad for games. it just happen to do that too. The Ipad is far more Vauble and useful than the wii u will be.

Very subjective opinion. I have no "use" for an Ipad though I enjoy video games on my HD TV therefore I have a use for a console that plays HD video games.

Not really Subjective. its a fact that the Ipad can do more than a game system (or at least just the wii).

Yeah the Value is subjective.

Order-Sol wrote:

Anyways,They're two very different machines. Just because people are willing to put $500 on something that may be perfect for them right out of the box, doesn't mean they're willing to pay the same amount for a system that mainly plays games that have to be bought seperately and go for $60 a pop.

kurtbro900 wrote:

Order-Sol wrote:

Anyways,They're two very different machines. Just because people are willing to put $500 on something that may be perfect for them right out of the box, doesn't mean they're willing to pay the same amount for a system that mainly plays games that have to be bought seperately and go for $60 a pop.

Yeah, you're right. But people love Angry Birds and having an app store to rival Apple's is a nice bullet point.

shingi_70 wrote:

Wiiware did pretty good in that regard. For a while Wiiware was up to snuff with XBLA and PSN.

ZeroX wrote:

@Order-Sol Looking at the current pricing of the Wii, we do not want to be there December 22 2011, when the Wii was 150$. What they mean is they don't want another 3DS case, where prices have to drop. The rumored 300$ price tag seems much more reasonable.