And Australian games cost twice as much as they do in NA, despite a par conversion rate with USD. This is a meaningless placeholder. No one should care until Nintendo tells us what it is.
Considering the price the PlayStation 3 launched at this gen, and the rumored price of the Wii U, can console gamers really complain about PC gaming being expensive these days, especially when they all have PCs in their homes anyway?
I refuse to pay anything above $399 for a new console. If WiiU, Next XBOX and PS4 come out at $500-600, I would rather switch to PC gaming than pay that for a console!!
Nah, it won't be $600 in the US, but it's not gonna be as cheap as some of the fans believe either, Just like the 3DS. Launch consoles cost more to make, that controller is gonna be expensive to make, and Nintendo counts on making $$$ on hardware, unlike the other two console manufacturers. $400 would be my prediction. I can't see the market paying any more, and I can't see Nintendo bringing it to market for any less.
European and Australian prices are always inflated, and this is just a placeholder price (which is likely to be higher than the actual price). For comparison's sake, the Wii launched for $250USD in the US and $400AUD in Australia. This price is $600 AUD, so even if it is real, there's no way it'll be $600 in the US.
The actual price is going to be between $299.99 - 349.99 Mark my words.
Gamingclone
This. You always overprice for a preorder if you don't actually know the price yet. That way, they can't undermine its value and get in a sticky situation where they would either have to honor a price that is less than what Nintendo sets the MSRP or ask customers to pay more when they already have receipts for a preorder. They set it at a high price to be on the safe side until they know the actual price. Preorder prices can always go down.
Thats nothing, $600 AUS is about $700NZD, the PS2 when launched was about $1000NZD, the PS3 was $850NZD. So $600 is great compared to those and the price will drop quickly within the year.
But Nintendo is like Apple, overpriced junk hardware, so wouldn't surprise me if they have extreme price-tag.
aroxx_ab
Agreed to an extent but Wii U doesn't have anywhere near the hype the Wii or 3DS had.
Thats maybe because they had more time to Hype Wii for over 2years? WiiU get released within a year from we heard of it so hmm rushed develope time?
The Wii had its own forum with an active community and heaps of rumours floating around the whole Internet this same time, nobody cares about Wii U (in comparison). We have announced titles, tech demos, playable demos and the hardware/controller to look at this time. All we had back then was a codename and some vague patents.
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