Wii U to be sold at loss

In other words, a console was released.

Translation from Iwata: "Yeah, we saw what happened to Sony six years ago when they tried to sell the PlayStation 3 at a 'premium' price -- not to mention our own 3DS debacle -- so um, we won't be trying anything stupid this time around."

aaww F*#$ man! Now they gonna DLC the HEEELLL out every game they sell... nintendnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See, I wasn't lying to you guys at the destructive price tag that'll be PS4 and 720.

Even if $80 dollars included the gamepad tech alone, the other consoles can't make up $80 dollars to create much of a difference in graphics.

But again, i'll be ignored, and again, i'll be correct.

People do not be fooled. These guys are businessmen there not stupid, they'll make those losses back easy through licensing and game sales. Then begin to make a killing

$300 for a controller? lol

@Suikogaiden @zequex

Stop trolling please!

Damn does Eddie Makuch make EVERY news article in Gamespot now a days?

Anyway 300-350$ is a good price.

£249.99 is a reasonable price? And they're making a loss?! What's in there, a mini nuclear reactor? :o

I find it amusing console companies feel the need to say this every time their new console comes out. Its not as if someone who thought the price tag was too high to begin with will read this and suddenly go: "Oh, well in that case..." Even for those on the fence, this isn't a very persuasive argument for buying a console.

Is anyone even excited for this console launch? I plan on getting one, but I'm going to wait until Zelda, Mario Galaxy, or Smash Brothers comes out (whichever is first). Nintendo really needed to get some hype going for the console. Maybe they did, and I wasn't paying attention, but it doesn't feel like they have to me.

Not even bothered with a hand held system since the gameboy. This is just ridiculous, they cost as much as the consoles do. The idea behind hand held game systems was for them to be supplementary sources of entertainment when you are away from your console, but at these prices... Couple that with the fact that these types of systems rarely see truly solid titles. Always felt like a waste to me, play a game on your phone if you're bored and away from the house, a decent smart phone will probably be cheaper still than this thing.

@Suikogaiden @hitman047m4 A company doesn't need to reveal product costs for you to get a estimate on it. Do a tear-down of the product and calculate the total cost of parts. It's not exact but it's close.

I just can't comprehend how this mostly already dated system costs them so much to make that they are actually selling at a loss

At least Nintendo has learned a lesson from the mistake. The PSVita systems are still around $250, the same price as 360 and PS3 consoles <_<

a mass produced cusomised machine with a CPU equal to AMD Athlon II X3, a GPU equal to ATi 4670 512MB and 2GB of RAM, with a cheap handheld touch screen controller cost more than 300? This story isn't very convicing....

The xbox and ps3 were both sold at a loss early in their lifetimes so I don't think this is anything special. It's good though that they have chose a good and reasonable price. Nintendo will also be making money of their software sales as well, and that could componsate the loss from the hardware if lots of people buy it.

@Strider8009 I think the singularity will be, actually.

Well, that's good. At least the price isn't as high as I thought it would be.

Simple .. because people these days are following products that looks like tablets for example samsung and apple products , This is why the Wii U will be sold at loss !

Good strategy ... Nintendo .

Nobody forced em to create damn Tablet controller

If I remember correctly, this was the case with the PS3, among others. I seriously doubt they would completely shoot themselves in the foot especially with something they have control over. Well, they have control over how much it costs them, just not how many they will sell(we all know this is going to sell very well). It also could be a ploy to move more systems whether this article is true or not.

Nothing against Nintendo but I haven't bought one of their systems since the SNES. I'm not going to start now.

That's good for the customers!

Everyone should buy one and give it ago!

Come on support Nintendo. they are one of the original gaming consoles first released. they have pioneered gaming and shown us what fun is for many years.

Show them some love and thank them for the likes of Playstation and XBOX by buying a WiiU. Please dont let this great brand just fade away.

Kind of not surprised when the controller is a fucking tablet.

This should read, "Wii U a loss"