Nintendo might not be launching its NX console until March 2017 and won't be showing it off at this year's E3, but that hasn't stopped the Australian arm of EB Games opening up pre-orders for the mysterious console.
The store has the NX listed at $999.00 AUS (£520 / $760 US / 667 Euros) which is clearly a placeholder price. However, if you want to place some green down for the new console you'll have to give them at least $100 AUS as a deposit - if you're feeling really flush, you can even pledge the entire amount, but we wouldn't recommend it as NX is unlikely to cost that much.
EB Games also has The Legend of Zelda up for pre-order, but given how far away the actual launch is, both items have been placed in the Wii U section of the store's site.
[source vooks.net]
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I don't know why anyone would preorder the NX now when we know almost nothing about it.
lol @ the Matilda's dad pic. I might start putting a bit of money back every month for the NX, but I won't be giving it to anyone until I've seen the console and games.
Imagine if it was $999.........play the all new Nintendo NX......the most powerful console in the UNIVERSE! Now enjoy 2D Mario in 4K at 118 FPS.....why not 120.....cause those 2 frames are set aside for subliminal messages NINTENDO FTW!
@A01 go back to bed and leave the comments to the big kids
Speaking of EB Games Aus and pre-orders, the FE Fates special edition page went down a few days ago, so they seem to have run out of their June restock as well as the initial batch. JB Hi-Fi still has it up for pre-order on their site, though.
Hmm.. I'm not sure Gamestop has started their preorders for NX yet. I'll call them later. But 999 is too much for a preorder/placeholder price. If it was 499 I would pre-order it. Imo I don't think the NX will be more than 399 but we'll see.
Basic or Deluxe model?
Wow mega.
@A01 It still is $160 (American dollars) more than the original PS3 though. But remember the 3DO? That was a 4 gen 3D console that costed $700. This placeholder pricing is pretty close to that.
To be honest, the place holder price doesn't matter... at least with EB Games in Canada it doesn't... which is the same company as Gamestop. When you pre-order online, you do not get charged until the item is shipped and it charges you the price it went down to. When you order it in the store, you need a minimum of $5 so really... if people wanted an NX, they can order it and it is not like they are losing $999. Though, that's Canada I know and not sure if the company works like that in other parts of the world.
Holy Cr-
That expansive if that was how much it was. (which it is a placeholder) but jeez, Nintendo must be demanding Money.
if it wasnt a placeholder, i well never buy an NX. XD
Well I work at EB games and not gonna lie its been in our system since it was announced, and the placeholder price hasn't changed... I honestly don't think its very significant.
999 dollars? For that price it better have a built in toaster so i can toast bread while i enjoy my graphically amazing 2D platformers.
The Konix MultiSystem doubled as a hair dryer, I wonder what NX can do?
EB have always been the optimistic sort when it comes to pricing.
The Fire Emblem Fates Special Edition had a stupidly high placeholder price of $200 until the official price was announced.
The PS3 was also released at $1000 at launch in Australia, while the PS2 debuted at $700. Both prices seem completely inconceivable nowadays given the competitiveness and nature of the current market.
Lool that's ridicoulous, It won't cost that much! 😂
Lol, great photo of a great movie.
I can't remember the last home console I bought at launch. Nintendo handheld, on the other hand, always get at launch.
Wow! That's alot of Dough!
119.95 is a weird number in any sense. But you know there will be at least 2 morons who will be like "I DONT CARE. I HAVE THE MONEY AND I WANTED TO PREORDER IT YOU'RE JUST ANGRY CAUSE YOU CANT AFFORD THE 999"
@Dankykong
No there won't be. Cause everyone knows they won't being paying $999 for it.
I'd preorder now if I could. I mean, I know I'm gonna buy one day one, no matter what (unless Nintendo somehow announces NX will not play any Nintendo games). And I know I won't be charged more than the real MRSP anyways.
@JaxonH Way to go, you took a joke too seriously.
@Dankykong
Hard to tell when someone jokes on the Internet. Tone is lost. Usually you've gotta draw it out in crayons for me to grasp it
Clearly, since I typed it in caps, usually that's enough for people.
@Dankykong
I got that. But it came off as sarcasm rather than a joke. There's a difference. And usually sarcastic references are to drive home a point based on your beliefs.
EDIT
Sarcasm isn't the word I'm looking for. Exaggeration. That's the one.
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@A01 that would mean the us price is $500...
Greedy feckers 😂
We should all put super super glue on the brims of their hats!
@JaxonH
All caps to me means yelling. I thought they were going for those loud annoying people who frequent game stores and brag about all the money they have, because I've met a lot of those types.
Anyway, I won't preorder the console, but I am starting to set some extra money aside. Gotta save extra for a couple games to get day one too.
@pazuzu
I made a grievous error with the Wii U, and Wii before that. Thought I could find one day one- ya, that didn't happen. So beginning with PS4 I started preordering my consoles.
Can't stand there being a brand new console and know I'm missing out. Never again!
I was so hyped when I got my free copy of New Super Mario Bro's U from Old Navy on Black Friday (first 50 customers). Had the game but no system to play it on.
Ha ha, no way it will cost that much. Hopefully not even 500 dollars unless a bundle.
There's no way that's the final price. The placeholder price for Fire Emblem Awakening's special edition was $200 and it dropped to $130. This will likely do the same.
pocket change
I'll take two, hold the sawdust please.
@JaxonH Geez how long did it take for you to pick up the system? My habit with non-nintendo consoles is to buy games until if feel the system is worth buying, but if had done that last gen? I would have been an irritable mess!
(although depending on what Nintendo does with the NX I may be library loading next year for the first time for Nintendo!)
@Ryu_Niiyama
So, if you buy games before you buy the system, you do so knowing that ultimately you're going to buy the console, right? I mean, be it 6 months or 4 years, you know eventually you will?
See, the way I look at it is if you know you're going to buy it, it's best to buy day one. Cause if you wait 4 years, that's 4 years less of enjoyment you're getting for your money. Could have been reaping the benefits from day one. Know what I mean? The longer you wait, the less time you actually get to spend enjoying the system once you do buy it. You may save $50 from a price cut but, is $50 worth sacrificing years of enjoyment? In other words, would a man rent his system away for the span of 3 years in exchange for $50? Cause that's essentially what it equates to- years of entertainment with the console forfeited in exchange for 50 bucks.
@JaxonH So here is my take on that. I don't sell systems or games....ever. I'm very, very careful with what I buy so that I don't get too much buyer's remorse. But that also means I never ever am without something to play. I play a lot of genres so my backlog remains in the triple digits. I keep 14 systems plus my PC hooked up to my TV at all times and play them each heavily. I'm moving right now...and my game collection is about 70 percent of the boxes.
I'm also a PC gamer. I maintain a GPU that allows me to run games on the highest settings every generation. You say I'm renting, but why would I buy a system day one when only one game from it is playable on the console only? My systems function as exclusive machines. If a game isn't on PC or rumored to come out on PC that's when I buy it. So If I buy a system day one and there is only one game, that console collects dust till the next game comes out...or when I have a library I have plenty to play and never experience console droughts. So that means if I'm playing a different system, its because I'm playing a game I want and not because I ran out of stuff to play on another. The problem is the only system that is good at pure exclusives is Nintendo. When I bought my wiiu day one I had 5 games to play by the end of the day.
Also I import Japanese games heavily.(You remember me asking about the fortissimo edition of #FE? Its because I already own the game in Japanese.) Why buy a system day one when it may not have decent releases domestically? Especially given the mark up and shipping for Japanese games? I very much enjoy Japanese games and adore the language but I am an American whose native language is English. If you don't have games for me domestically why should you get money for a system day one? Also if I'm dealing with Nintendo I'm buying multiple systems so that means I can shell out an extra 2 or three hundred for a system to play some Japanese games up front or I can stack my imports, wait until the console drops and buy it then. Also Nintendo revises their handhelds (sony does do but I hated the second vita) so I can jump in and get stuck with a small screen or I can wait and hammer down my back log until the version I want comes out (or has zelda paint on it...because yeah I'm a sucker).
I waited until late last year to buy my ps4 and xbone because there were no games out on it that I wanted and that were exclusive for me to play except in Japanese. Ps4 has the Ryu ga Gotoku (yakuza) series but I'm still working down the ps3 versions so why buy a system day one when I'm not going to play it?
My xbox one is still pretty barren to the point that I'm considering not buying microsoft next gen.Wanna know why its barren? I jumped my library stacking rule because I thought scalebound and crackdown would come out this year. Even worse I bought games I don't like (halo MC and Halo 5) just to HAVE something to play. I could have waited and gotten the same amount of play time and spent the money on other games.
Also gaming isn't my only hobby. I am an avid reader (read bibliophile), I play taiko and have my own drum (3 grand right there), I practice numerous forms of martial arts, woodwork and am astrophotographer. All expensive hobbies/interests. All effective uses of my time and money. So me wasting money on a dust bunny console too early also means that's some books I didn't buy or a hand tool or a bokken or a camera lens...you get the point.
@Ryu_Niiyama
I get what you're saying. And it's not wrong, I'm just sharing my view on the matter is all. I just don't see it as a waste if you're gonna buy eventually anyways (although in the case of 3DS and waiting for better revision, that makes sense).
I also own all the platforms and I'm swamped with games constantly. But I'm very impatient so is soon as the game releases that I want to play I simply can't resist waiting to play it. I think there's something to be said for playing a game right when it releases, whe all the hype is surrounding it and other people are playing it and talking about it. It's fun.
I have roughly 50 to 80 retail games for each of the five major platforms this generation, except X1. PS4 is my multiplat console, while everything else is exclusives only (or ported games on the go). I up have just 8 X1 games, but I still think it's worth owning. Even if just for Rise of the Tomb Raider, Ori & the Blind Forest and Quantum Break. I actually really liked Halo MCC and Halo 5, although I didn't play more than five hours in each game before moving on to something else (happens a lot with me- so many new games releasing, constantly, on all systems).
@JaxonH When I was younger (I say this like I'm 50) I was a "hype" gamer. But I've been burned too many times because of that, plus the majority of my friends are at different stages of their lives than me (kids, marriage and the like) so I tend to be the one with all the games. I go in and out with online communities because gaming is still pretty toxic when you are female. So I can't rely on that for hype either. I juggle about 10 games at a time minus my FG staples so I don't feel impatient about gaming as much anymore. I like to finish games. Which is why I only day one games I know I'll love. Also I know I wrote a wall of text earlier, but like you just expressing my opinion on how I purchase systems and games.
I pre-ordered my NX in January 2016. Price was hilarious 999 EUR..!!! Seller was finnish online retailer verkkokauppa.com.
Edit: But hey, This is Finland!
Welcome to the ridiculous prices in Australia
@Gerbwmu I don't think it's even possible to build a PC capable of 4K at that price point, much less a console.
I came here just to laugh at people who thought they'd actually have to pay $1000 US Dollars for the NX.
Addendum: And you people didn't disappoint.
999$ for the Pro console. 1TB SSD, includes a game and a 3 month subscription to the new online service. Nintendo NXS: a service featuring improved online gaming and hundreds of VC games on demand.
749$ for the Standard console. 1 TB HDD, includes a free 2 week trial to Nintendo NXS.
It splinters gamers, but having 2 SKUs on offer is smart.
I'd pay the premium to have SSD. I'd have done so with the PS4, that's for sure. The included game is just candy so thriftier gamers can justify taking the extra plunge.
Am I saying that Nintendo is going the full grand route?
Not necessarily.
I am saying that if Nintendo pulled a full 180 and made a console to sway the (considerable) PC crowd, push the plug and play appeal to a younger middle class and woo casual gamers, now would be ideal.
The numbers are there. Mario is Nintendo's Ratchet and Clank. Mario, truly HD. Zelda. Metroid. They haven't really delivered on that promise, so it's time to put up or shut up.
Nintendo is smart enough to go guns blazing, but they need to feel threatened. The PS4 could scarcely be more intimidating. Nearly a million systems a month for 42 months. That's scary. And their release schedule is only deepening.
Holding back means another Wii U. Hesitation means failure. Nintendo has money and precious little else to lose.
They're either going to rebound with the NX or go full Sega. Unlike the 80s, where an entire industry rested on their shoulders, the decisions Nintendo makes this time are going to be completely personal.
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