If the Wii U cost more than $249.00 I think it will have a very hard time.

$600

"Even though hardly anyone expected it to launch this Christmas" ...? Seems most expect it to be launched in/by November.

They didn't announce the release date of the Wii until mid-September 2006, so this isn't a surprise.

Didn't they say it's coming this holiday season a couple of times, or am I just imagining what I want to happen as reality?

I doubt Nintendo Land will be bundled. They have repeated it again and again that it will be available at launch, they also spent a lot of time on their conference talking about it, etc. And also Reggie or some other guy (can't remember) said that Wii Sports was not bundled in Japan. Hint? Also, they will probably try to keep the Wii U price as low as possible. It would be a nice surprise if it came bundled, though.

Is anyone else getting extreme deja vu with this article?

They've confirmed multiple times it'll be out this year ("Holiday 2012" in their words), so there's no question there.

I think their mass market sweet spot is $250, but I expect them to test the waters at $300, which is too much for hardware that is only a marginal improvement over 6 year old 360s and PS3s.

The controller is not even tablet, but a dumb terminal only capable of displaying an interactive video stream and the transmitting player's input, camera feed, and NFC data. There is no justification for higher than $250 other than profit taking.

lol nintendo

after the Gamecube and the Wii, i have no intention of getting the U.

for anything Nintendo-related i can use my 3DS, and that's enough.

IMO, I think $250 means moderate success at launch, $300 means it'll struggle a little, and anything above that is basically 3DS Part 2 before the price drop. Basically DOA. There's no market for a device like it at that price.

"Even though hardly anyone expected it to launch this Christmas, it looks like the Wii U may not make a 2012 release (maybe?)."



Chris, read this well, you screwed up your interpretation of his statements.

The system will get the full info reveal in september, but its still coming out octover or november

I guess they figure that if you've got bad news, you might as well not break it all at once.

I'm Expecting it to launch at $299.99. I would think that is the most realistic price. But I would love it at $249.00, and I would make the instant buy at $200.00 or less, but I seriously doubt they are going there.

299 is the perfect price and it has to be holiday

I'd easily be in for $400, but I agree $300 is the perfect price point.

Makes sense. Nintendo did a Fall conference for 3DS in 2010 and for Wii in 2006 to announce the pricing and release date information. North America had to wait until January 2011 to get news on its launch details.

- 3DS came out 5 months later in Japan and 6 months later in North America after the Fall Conference. Japan's price, release date, and launch colors were announced along with the Mii Maker, Virtual Console support,as well as the finalized 3DS hardware design as well as the charge cradle and 2 GB SD card being bundled with it. Other things like the augmented reality games included with the 3DS and the official names of StreetPass and SpotPass were all announced.

- Wii price and release date details were announced worldwide in Fall 2006. There was originally 33 launch titles planned, but it was around 23 with some games like Metroid Prime 3 getting pushed back until Q3 2007.

So far, Wii U has more launch/launch window titles than Wii did. EA of course, said it will be announcing some new titles (apparently Sports-related) during a July event. Wii U also has around 8 eShop games announced for it.

I really think its going to release this year. Isnt that what they said?

If they dont its a huge mistake

i will take nintendos word over an investor

The system will probably be $299.

I wouldn't count on Nintendoland being a pack-in. It's already being listed as a separate SKU.

Wii Sports was sold separate in Japan, but it was bundles everywhere else.

And there is a lot of talk about the WiiU launching with different SKUs with different pack-ins.

I totally expect them to sell a "Core" system with no games and only the tablet controller for $250, and a "Starter" with Nintendo Land, one Tablet and two Wii Remore+ controllers and Nunchucks for $300-350.

I really don't know who thought otherwise, what with us being shin deep in summer already. They've been saying "Fall" or even "Holiday" every since people dropped the idea it'd be out before their fiscal year (in March) was up.

So... they won't announce the launch date nor price until a week or month before it comes out? That's insane.

LOL! I want the SIMS 3 Lucky Palms for the Nintendo Wii U!