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Wii U Pricing

From looking back through the ages Nintendo seems to have a knack for bumping up their system prices for the next generation. For example they went from the gamecube which was at $199 but which soon dropped to $99. The Wii came out at $250 (at the time almost IMPOSSIBLE to get, to the extent, where in my case I paid a hundred  dollars more to purchase it off ebay as I just HAD to HAVE IT) but would drop to $200 with talks to have another price drop to $150 in 2011. The same can be said for the gameboys and the many DS versions that have come out, with the most recent at a hefty $250. A console price for a handheld (a 3d - no glasses required handheld). As you may remember the original DS came out at $150. The most recent installment of the ds series is the 3DS with a release price of $250. So what do I think will be a probable price for the Nintendo Wii U? I feel it will come out anywhere between $350-$400 with the new hardware and software. For marketing purposes I feel that when Nintendo will be rolling out their newest system you can expect a decent price of $350 on the price tag.

- Akshat (Ash) Bhat

What we know so far about Wii U

Console Details - What we know is confirmed right now.
-Boasts resolutions up to 1080p as well as HDMI, Component, D Terminal, S-Terminal and Composite.
-Will have properietary high density 12cm optical discs
-Has flash memory but gives you the option to expand with memory cards
-4 USB 2.0 Ports
-Multicore IBM Processor
-Will be Backwards compatible with Wii software(not sure about Game Cube)
-Will support all wii controllers and accessories
Controller Details
-6.2 inch Touch Screen
-Buttons: Power, Home, 2x Slide Pads, DPad, A/B/X/Y/, L/R, ZL/ZR and has a stylus
-Interal hardware design includes accelerometers, gyroscopes, force feedback, camera, microphone and speakers
Miscellaneous Details
Video Chat
Voice Chat
Drawing
Standalone Gaming
Stream Gaming from Console
Realtime Viewing beyond TV display
Design for Motion with gyroscopes/accelerometers
Unique combination with existing Wii peripherals
Games that have been announce to come out for the Wii U
Aliens Colonial Marines
Assassin's Creed
Batman Arkham City
Battlefield 3
Darksiders II
Dirt
Fifa
Ghost Recon Online
Guitar Hero
Killer Freaks from Outer Space
Lego City Stories
Metro Last Light
Ninja Gaiden 3 Razor's Edge
Pikmin
Rabbids
Super Smash Bros.
Tekken
Ubisoft Original Family Game

- Akshat (Ash) Bhat

Wii U release rumors

A lot of different sites state different days of release for the Wii U.  The range that most sites believe will hold the date of the Wii U release are from
April 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012.
Gizmodo - "Nintendo has targeted a very broad range of dates starting from April 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 for its release date"
Alan Pritchard,SEGA's executive vice president of marketing, Alan Pritchard - "the Wii U is coming out next spring/summer"
As for Amazon, they already have it in for preorder.
So Wii U News & Countdown has come to the conclusion that a solid range of dates for the Wii U release will be
BETWEEN
April 1, 2012
to
December 31, 2012.


- Akshat (Ash) Bhat