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#1 2012-05-24 19:47:45

henley
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Wii U Price!?

According to IGN, Ninetindo's "Wii U" will be priced at a minimum of approx. 300$ (240€, 14724 Rupees, if you guys use those :p). That's a lot of money!

This will place the Wii U as the most expensive Ninetindo system, and depending on price changes, the most expensive Ninetendo video game console! :O

Thoughts?

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#2 2012-05-24 19:56:44

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Re: Wii U Price!?

The Ps3's price when it first came out was, like, 600 bucks.

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#3 2012-05-24 20:00:22

CheckItNow12
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Re: Wii U Price!?

That's $50 more than the Wii's (original) price.  hmm

Well, it IS portable... Is it?


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#4 2012-05-24 20:02:28

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Re: Wii U Price!?

CheckItNow12 wrote:

That's $50 more than the Wii's (original) price.  hmm

Well, it IS portable... Is it?

to some extent if i recall correctly

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#5 2012-05-24 20:04:10

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Re: Wii U Price!?

Nintendoandfriends wrote:

The Ps3's price when it first came out was, like, 600 bucks.

599 us dollars to be exact

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#6 2012-05-24 20:09:53

Haiming
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Re: Wii U Price!?

I don't personally think that the Wii is worth that much.

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#7 2012-05-24 20:12:14

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Re: Wii U Price!?

777w wrote:

Nintendoandfriends wrote:

The Ps3's price when it first came out was, like, 600 bucks.

599 us dollars to be exact

"These battles actually happened in Japanese history"
"So here is this giant enemy crab"

"New and innovative features such as...real-time...weapon change"
"Attack its weak point for massive damage"

E3 conferences are very awkward. Take Reggie Fils-Amie at the announcement of Wii Fit as an example.


But seriously, the Wii U gets a new innovative feature announced every other day. You could expect it to be expensive. Unfortunately, this probably means I'll have to save up.


I still have you, Atari 7800...


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#8 2012-05-24 20:32:30

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Re: Wii U Price!?

It's just as much as an Xbox 360 250 GB and less than a PS3.

The Wii U is a generation ahead of those consoles.

Is it really that expensive?


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#9 2012-05-24 21:06:18

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Re: Wii U Price!?

How do you know how many Rupees?


Lurking more than posting, but still here.

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#10 2012-05-24 21:08:01

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Re: Wii U Price!?

Eh, I think that's a little under what the original Wii was when it came out.

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#11 2012-05-24 21:15:26

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Re: Wii U Price!?

GameHutSoftware wrote:

How do you know how many Rupees?

conversion
i think rupees are an actual unit of currency somewhere

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#12 2012-05-24 21:17:28

agscratcher
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Re: Wii U Price!?

777w wrote:

GameHutSoftware wrote:

How do you know how many Rupees?

conversion
i think rupees are an actual unit of currency somewhere

Southern Asia.


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#13 2012-05-24 21:17:48

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Re: Wii U Price!?

777w wrote:

GameHutSoftware wrote:

How do you know how many Rupees?

conversion
i think rupees are an actual unit of currency somewhere

Oh right. India. I thought he was talking about Hyrulean Rupees.


Lurking more than posting, but still here.

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#14 2012-05-24 21:19:28

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Re: Wii U Price!?

GameHutSoftware wrote:

777w wrote:

GameHutSoftware wrote:

How do you know how many Rupees?

conversion
i think rupees are an actual unit of currency somewhere

Oh right. India. I thought he was talking about Hyrulean Rupees.

he probably was but that sort of doesnt make sense

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#15 2012-05-25 08:15:09

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Re: Wii U Price!?

Still not sure I have a great idea; my region wasn't covered.  What's it in KH BbS Munny?

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#16 2012-05-25 11:54:08

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Re: Wii U Price!?

Nintendoandfriends wrote:

The Ps3's price when it first came out was, like, 600 bucks.

This, it's definitely not the most expensive console.

The Wii U has good reasons to be 50 bucks more expensive than it's precessor, anyway.  tongue


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#17 2012-05-25 12:11:04

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Re: Wii U Price!?

This topic is discussing the price of the Wii U, not rupees.

RE-RAILING THREAD, PLEASE WAIT...

@maxskywalker: Actually, the original Wii was $250 USD.

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#18 2012-05-25 15:01:57

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Re: Wii U Price!?

Seriously, $300 (rough conversion: £200) is considered expensive to you guys? The PS3 has been out for 6 years now, and the price for a new one is around about £200. Considering the Wii U is a brand new platform and is as powerful as current generation consoles with new types of hardware (namely the new controller), it's actually a pretty darn good price. I don't really like Nintendo products that much but honestly, I don't see how this is unreasonable. Almost tempting, actually.


I might return for a little while.

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#19 2012-05-25 15:11:10

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Re: Wii U Price!?

The 3DO was way more expensive.


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#20 2012-05-25 16:56:43

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Re: Wii U Price!?

Your right. I've never heard of a 3DO, but I'm sure it's really expensive!  tongue

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#21 2012-05-25 16:59:05

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Re: Wii U Price!?

Cozyhut3 wrote:

Your right. I've never heard of a 3DO, but I'm sure it's really expensive!  tongue

This is a 3DO


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#22 2012-05-26 07:17:54

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Re: Wii U Price!?

sanddude wrote:

It's just as much as an Xbox 360 250 GB and less than a PS3.

The Wii U is a generation ahead of those consoles.

Is it really that expensive?

No one's giving my post enough love.  sad


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#23 2012-05-26 08:16:54

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Re: Wii U Price!?

Oh. I thought you misspelled 3DS. My joke failed. :U

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#24 2012-05-26 11:29:35

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Re: Wii U Price!?

Well, there are a LOT of good features, like...

Playing Games... IN FULL HD!!!!
New Super Mario Bros. Mii
Draw on it (This might not sound cool, but I saw a REALLY awesome Zelda drawing in a video)
Controlled with Motion
Play across with the Wii U AND The TV
Make Video calls

So, yeah...


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#25 2012-05-26 11:33:04

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Re: Wii U Price!?

CheckItNow12 wrote:

Well, there are a LOT of good features, like...

Playing Games... IN FULL HD!!!!
New Super Mario Bros. Mii
Draw on it (This might not sound cool, but I saw a REALLY awesome Zelda drawing in a video)
Controlled with Motion
Play across with the Wii U AND The TV
Make Video calls

So, yeah...

lol i do not want to play new super mario bros mii

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