Wii U
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It is guess work, an online retailer put it up for £400 pre-order. They are most likely just putting up a ballpark figure.
It's very difficult to speculate on price - not so much the console but the controller is the contentious point.
If it's not much more than an Xbox / PS3 then we're talking ~£150 for the console. Are we saying £100 for the pad?
edit: I'll get saving now in any case.
If it's not much more than an Xbox / PS3 then we're talking ~£150 for the console. Are we saying £100 for the pad?
edit: I'll get saving now in any case.
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Considering the target market and the fact the original Wii cost £179 at launch, Nintendo would be shooting themselfs in the foot if it cost in excess of £200.
Different target market this time perhaps? That's what i'm hoping for anyways. I doubt the millions of families that jumped on the wii will be as quick to upgrade and I think Nintendo know this. Let this be the return to the glory snes/n64 days!
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I'm going to get one because of the potential of that controller, and coupled with much updated graphics and storage.
I'll pre-order one when it becomes available. After the trouble with the Wii at launch
My only wish is (like someone else said) they release an SDK for making fun stuff for the tablet and a market place where people could put their good stuff
You make a load of fun 2 player tablet only games. Bring back the bedroom coders of the 80s again
I'll pre-order one when it becomes available. After the trouble with the Wii at launch
My only wish is (like someone else said) they release an SDK for making fun stuff for the tablet and a market place where people could put their good stuff
You make a load of fun 2 player tablet only games. Bring back the bedroom coders of the 80s again
Looks... interesting to say the least.
Shame most Nintendo stuff is aimed at children/babies
Don't know about that. In one of those trailers. The way that the sword cuts thru somebody, rips open the flesh and blood spurts out. Is not something I see much in Nintendo software. Maybe Nintendo are coming of age and addressing the adult players content needs.
I'm going to get one because of the potential of that controller, and coupled with much updated graphics and storage.
I'll pre-order one when it becomes available. After the trouble with the Wii at launch
My only wish is (like someone else said) they release an SDK for making fun stuff for the tablet and a market place where people could put their good stuff
You make a load of fun 2 player tablet only games. Bring back the bedroom coders of the 80s again
This.
Not releasing some sort of SDK would be ridiculous. Millions of people will own this thing, and because it is only one specification, should be relatively easy to optimise for. Look how much money Google and Apple make through their apps.
I don't forsee Nintendo becoming so open. The WiiWare store caters for the smaller developer obviously, but I don't imagine it'd ever get as open as Android or even the Apple store. Could you seriously imagine Limmy's 59p Swearing Xylophone app on the Wii U? 
ive seen it at pre order at that price. Nintendo has no chance at that price
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If its going to compete with the 360+Kinect and PS3+PSMove then it needs to be no more than £250, I expect it to be around the £199/£229 mark when released.
I'd have to agree. However its really far too early to know. All we know is that its going to be more than $250 according to Iwata.
If the specs are what is being bandied around then it's not going to be cheap. And Nintendo has ALWAYS run a profit on the hardware. It would be odd for them to break that tradition as well.
That's only id though. If EA are confident about Battlefield 3, then I think that's a good start. If Nintendo can secure a proper CoD game they're laughing. Besides which, they can offer traditional style player (Classic Controller Pro), Wii Remote play (which is my preferred style) and now traditional w/benefits of the screen.
I think the support is more likely to be there for the WiiU than before. What I'd be concerned about is whether the online system is competitive. If it works as it is currently, friend codes etc, I won't be interested.
They need to have a system that can do all the things Xbox Live can do for starters or else people just won't buy MP games on it. Achievements/trophies and a gamertag/profile, too.
Nintendo would need to secure an exclusive COD to get people to buy it over just playing it on the PS360 though. COD gamers don't seem to care that much about graphics else they'd all be moaning about it not even being 720p most of the time. Unless its Exclusive then they'll just stick with their existing platform for that particular franchise.
The question is going to be who is this system aimed at and why would people buy it?
I own a Wii, as does my brother and my mother in law. None of us will buy the Wii U for one reason or another. It's obviously a minute sample but it does raise the question of how many people who bought a Wii within the last few years are going to go and drop another 200+ on another Wii platform so soon? I've lost count of the amount of people I've spoken to who bought a Wii with all the hype and never play the damned thing. That surely can't bode well for the brand.
It's no doubt going to be great for the fans of Mario and Zelda and so on, but the casuals that bought the Wii are going to need some compelling reason to buy another. And the "Hardcore" is going to need to see some massive exclusive 3rd party titles to tempt them away from the PS360 they already own.
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What about Wii Mote + Wii U pad for FPS!
The U pad could be used for chat (even video chat) during gameplay.
The U pad could be used for chat (even video chat) during gameplay.