Wii-U USA Details

[Clarky]

etc etc

Its half the problem with the games industry where they want you to feel as if you are buying into a stylish piece of hardware instead of a toy, in which we get boring boxes

 

[PolloDiablo]

$349 means €349 in Europe... My wallet says "ouch".

$349 = aprox. 270€

...but it rarely works that way, doesn't it?

Whoever does the conversions for Europe seems to be one lazy ass, we always get stuff with the same numbers in the price as the US...
Nintendo 3DS was 250$ which became 250€, PS3 was 599$ which became 599€... Damn... It really makes one cry. D=

Well, I'll eventually fork over the money like always, still, doesn't change the fact that Europeans pay way too much for games and consoles, I call it blatant discrimination! D<

Pff ..I think you are actually a lucky guy. Here in Brazil the official prices will easily reach $1000 dollars ...or even surpass that

And I'm not even kidding ..that's heart breaking

Yeah, here in Argentina is even worse....
It sucks to admit that I will only be able to buy this console in 3-4 years

 

[chavosaur]

What an awesome price.
And gamestop has some really decent bundles.
http://www.gamestop.com/wii-u

 

[Bladexdsl]

and Australia will get it...3 months later

 

[Maz7006]

You're going to at least buy 2 launch games so if you get this deluxe package it will total around 450$.

Ouch?

Still I really like the WiiU, definitely a worthy future purchase.

 

[Qtis]

The US price is quite good, but the rest of us *cough* Europe *cough* will suck it up with a lot higher price in comparison. Also the region lock will most likely end all kinds of importing of the console..

 

[DSGamer64]

Someone please clarify this internal storage situation for me. Is the storage a hard drive or a solid state drive? Just wondering if storage in the white and black units can be interchanged with the opposite color system.

SSD as far as Nintendo have stated, as for changing them around, I thought it would be a cool idea to get more out of it but it is early days yet, there is probably some drm involved preventing it. Expansion though can be done via a USBStorage device though, probably formatted in Fat32

It also supports SD cards iirc, hopefully Nintendo was smart enough to support SDHC and SDXC right out of the box as well since the latter can store up to 2TB on a single card.

 

[Flame]

Am I the only one who thinks the boxes for consoles are bland and boring as shit and don't appeal at all? I mean look at this:

3DS

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Wii

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PS3

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etc etc etc..

I mean, if I have one gripe with the WiiU, it's that it's packaging doesn't look as kick ass as this:

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who the hell cares about the BOXES?? its whats inside that counts.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I mean the boxes aren't really meant to sell products any more, just show you what you're buying.

I mean you literally see the box from the time you buy it to when you open it unless you want to keep it around for storing the console for some reason.

But why are we talking about packaging again?

 

[Hielkenator]

Acctually I think the price is somewhat high.
Remember you won´t get any games. And nobody want´s Nintendoland.....
We are talking 400+ euro, here.

 

[Foxi4]

We are talking 400+ euro, here.

How did you calculate that? Euro > Dollar, anytime. Worst-case scenario, we'll get numeral equivalents of the US price (happened before) because someone's too lazy to pick up a calculator and count the price according to the exchange rate.

 

[431unknown]

I mean the boxes aren't really meant to sell products any more, just show you what you're buying.

I mean you literally see the box from the time you buy it to when you open it unless you want to keep it around for storing the console for some reason.

But why are we talking about packaging again?

I don't know what others do but I have a few console boxes on display in my gaming room. I don't really care what it looks like tho.

 

[MakiManPR]

Its region free?

 

[Bladexdsl]

I seriously doubt it will be.

 

[Hielkenator]

We are talking 400+ euro, here.

How did you calculate that? Euro > Dollar, anytime. Worst-case scenario, we'll get numeral equivalents of the US price (happened before) because someone's too lazy to pick up a calculator and count the price according to the exchange rate.

Well the console ( black one ) is retailing here for 349,-. A game costs roughly 60 euros. That is over 400 euro's for a system with 2 games ( nintendoland and another for ~60 euro ).

 

[PizzaPino]

get the zombi u bundle and you get nintendo land + zombi u + pro controller for 399.
but yeah, that's only if you want zombi u.

 

[Hielkenator]

get the zombi u bundle and you get nintendo land + zombi u + pro controller for 399.
but yeah, that's only if you want zombi u.

Where is that offer?

http://www.bartsmit.com/wii/wii-u

 

[chartube12]

Everyone assumes we in the U.S are getting a better deal. But they are wrong. We have to pay tax on it, as video games are unnecessary to live items. Usually 6% of the total price. This price is really bad. When a game system cost you more then an average week pay, you know the price is too high. Will not be buying until it gets a price drop.

 

[Hielkenator]

Everyone assumes we in the U.S are getting a better deal. But they are wrong. We have to pay tax on it, as video games are unnecessary to live items. Usually 6% of the total price. This price is really bad. When a game system cost you more then an average week pay, you know the price is too high. Will not be buying until it gets a price drop.

Exactly my point.

 

[Gahars]

Everyone assumes we in the U.S are getting a better deal. But they are wrong. We have to pay tax on it, as video games are unnecessary to live items. Usually 6% of the total price. This price is really bad. When a game system cost you more then an average week pay, you know the price is too high. Will not be buying until it gets a price drop.

...Do people outside the US not pay taxes also?

And if that is the case, let's break it down. The Japanese price on a basic bundle is ¥26,250, which is a bit above $335. The American price for the same bundle, with tax (I used 6%) added in, is $318. The US is still getting the better deal here (whether or not you think the deal is worthwhile is another matter, however).