Nintendo Promises “Reasonable” Price Tag for Wii U

By Brian P Rubin | 26 June 2012 | 8 Comments

Too many mushrooms, Iwata.

Yesterday on Andriasang, it was reported that Nintendo’s CEO Satoru Iwata explained the company’s Wii U pricing strategy to the Yomiuri Shimbun daily newspaper. According to the post, the company has reiterated their assertion that they’ve learned from their errors of the recent past, and that the new system will be launched at a “reasonable” price.

Said Iwata:

“We won’t make the same mistake that we did with the 3DS, which was considered relatively high by consumers.”

But because the Wii U is “like no other system before it,” he believes that the console will be “an appealing product at launch.” In addition, the company is confident moving forward with the 3DS:

“We’ve fixed the 3DS profitability issue, and pledge to turn profitable by the end of this fiscal year.”

It’s certainly possible. The company announced the impending release of the 3DS XL, a bigger version of the handheld console…and despite the fact that I already own one, I’m still intrigued. It’s got a $200 price tag, and it looks nice. If I can get a decent amount of money back for my first generation of 3DS, I’ll definitely be picking up the larger size. And as for the Wii U—that “reasonable” price Iwata mentioned sounds good to me. Reggie Fils-Aime said much the same thing not too long ago, leading me to believe that, yes, the company’s been sufficiently chastened by last year’s fiscal meltdown.

C’mon $300…c’mon!

Via Andriasang

8 Comments

Posted by Janie Egger on 26 June 12 at 10:20am

Yeah, but the new 3DS still has one joypad. Screw that.
Posted by DMatomisk on 26 June 12 at 2:06pm

$300 sounds good, $350 total with Pikman 3.
Posted by GBiv on 26 June 12 at 11:48pm

$325 for a Wii U Pikman 3 bundle. I also want a ZombieU bundle at the same price. Cmon Nintendo, give us some launch bundles!
Posted by Mugenite on 27 June 12 at 5:28am

I’m not paying more than 200. Seriously. Nintendo is just selling under performing (on par with current gen) tech with a gimmick again. I’ll pick up a ps3 come holidays, but that’s as far as I’ll go.
- Posted by Scorch1138 on 27 June 12 at 6:43am
  
  You cant judge what you haven’t played yourself, Sure it’s gimmick tech but hell people still buy it no matter what company made it.
  
  300$ seems like a stable price since its it has a lot better hardware tech and features then the original Wii which felt like another PS2 but only with motion control.
  
  but hell you cant please everyone. :\
Posted by Slice of Kris on 27 June 12 at 10:23am

as long as it can run watch dogs u will be happy
Posted by james braselton on 10 July 12 at 1:55pm

hi there $425 with 2 gae pad tablet touch screen controlers 1 or 2 wii u games included
Posted by james braselton on 10 July 12 at 1:57pm

hi there $450 with 16 gb or 32 gb or 64 gb sd cards could be bundled a lot of flash storage