Can someone seriously explain what the fuck Nintendo is doing with its pricing? I still haven't got a WiiU because of how stupidly expensive it is for what you get. These prices are even stranger with the Switch around the corner.
Keep in mind these prices are AUD, the WiiU is $326 USD and the PS4 is $257.60 USD.
they still havent sold through the initial shipment, so the manufacturing cost never got cheaper
and they wont make any more since Switch is coming
>Got my PS4 for about $550 a little after launch
And what lesson was learnt today kids?
Nintendo is so woefully out of touch with the world and so disdainful of non-Japanese that they wouldn't see anything wrong with this.
>Buying consoles on launch
Rookie mistake.
*non-japanese markets
Stop playing video games?
>blaming Nintendo for your shitty economy
Just stop user.
How. I got mine for 399 on day one with one year of plus included
Yep, and it was even worse that 2014 was one of the worst years in video games.
Ah well, at least I know now
My economy has nothing to do with it, a WiiU shouldn't be more than a PS4 dude.
Australian dollars
And it isn't in most places. Why is it in yours?
"Nintendo is immunized against all dangers: one may call their games childish, their consoles overpriced toys, their technology outdated, their third-party support laughable, it all runs off it like water off a raincoat. But call out its zealots and you will be astonished at they recoil, how butthurt they are, how they suddenly shrinks back: “We’ve been found out.”
That's what I'm asking.
Nothing to do with the economics of your region.
You could have recite grade school economics material and it would have made you sound smarter.
They have a bit of an Apple mentality.
Inferior products that in their eyes are "premium".
>tfw recently traded a shitty laptop (valued around $100) for a wii u, immediately hacked that shit for free games
SUCKS for nintentards who actually bought this hunk of junk at launch AND paid for all the games like good goys
>One has a game and the other doesn't
It makes you think
>Can someone seriously explain what the fuck Nintendo is doing with its pricing?
dunno
Wii U is more expensive than PS4 pretty much everywhere outside the US
I'm not that guy. I'm just laughing at the way Nintenyearolds try to use ANY excuse, however implausible, to cover for daddy 'tendo's mistakes.
You know that Nintendo would be responsible for adjusting to the economics of the region, right?
>32gb
>500gb
>plenty of free to play on PSPlus, m8.
lel
Australia is a irrelevant market so Nintendo doesn't really have to try to promote their hardware.
>free games
>Ps Plus
You aren't the smartest person are you?
What bundle did you bought? I got mine for $350 after 1 financial quarter after launch
when the Wii was announced the Game Cube price plummeted. I don't know what is wrong with this, I will like to buy one for cheap but it seems it is not happening.
>One of these consoles plays video games and the other one plays movies
>You know that Nintendo would be responsible for adjusting to the economics of the region, right?
No, export/imports tax and trade tariffs do.
I got an 8GB model for 180 AUD back in 2014. Keep an eye out.
>500gb
>You have to install hundreds of gb on the hd even if you own a physical copy of the game just to play certain games
>Left with 32gb
wow thanks Sony I guess I gotta buy a 1 TB now. This is for the players!
What releases are you getting for WiiU this year, nintenchums?
I dunno user. I've looked at major game stores in Canada, UK, and France and have yet to run into this "everywhere outside of the US" price gouging.
>getting for WiiU
It's not 2012 anymore. Get with the times loser.
Just the launch one that didn't come with anything
Switch doesn't look like it will be backwards compatible, so with its low sales and stopped production it's likely to just go up in price
Well where I live WiiU is half the price of ps4, so may be just your economy or that specific store.
Can you kindly name a game that takes up 200GB of hard drive space, please?
Not him, but Infinite Warfare is already 120 GB, I wouldn't be surprised if DLC pushed it up to 200.
So there isn't one.
>the WiiU is $326 USD and the PS4 is $257.60 USD.
No they aren't. Both the Wii U and PS4 cost $300 in the United States.
I wasn't defending what he said, just answering your question. No need to be a shitbird.
I was converting the price (ausbucks) to USD, silly.
>No need to be a shitbird
There wasn't anything that could possibly offend even the special-est of snowflakes in my reply of : "so, there isn't one".
Not him, but what games are you getting for Switch then?
It's got nothing but Wii U ports and an other shitty Mario platforms.
Meanwhile, between now and March, PS4 is getting like 5 worthwhile exclusives like Nioh, Nier:Automata, Gravity Rush 2, Horizon, etc...
I own a Wii U, and the only thing I got to look forward to, and have had to look forward to for like 2 years is Zelda. And there is no incentive for me to buy a Switch based on what I saw in the trailer.
Given that I don't own a PS3, or a PS4, and my PC is work only, if I had to choose between a Switch and a PS4, I'd be retarded not to go with PS4.
Switch isn't getting Overwatch, or Witcher 3, or Guilty Gear, or Doom, or Final Fantasy XV, just like Wii U didn't.
It was a loaded question in the first place, the guy just wants to be be proven right for whatever reason
That's a pretty shit bird answer
i see what you did there, i know where this is coming from user
Maybe you should find a different site. I can only imagine others will not be so sparing with your delicate feelings.
Hail Victory, brother.
>AUD
Wii u is officially kill in pal regions OP
No need to slash prices for a handful of left overs with Christmas coming.
JB hifi NZ had it listed in their junk mailer last week, at full price, and they sold out by the next day because they were the last brick and mortar units in the country.
I'm still pissed about that. I need a harddrive, but I don't want to waste money on something that will probably be full in a month anyways.
>Sony consoles are still selling off shelves
>Nintendo's faults are due to America's economy
What?
What are you even talking about?
all the best from the fatherland, have a nice day
Limited edition bundle. Look up the Uncharted 4 bundle on ps4.
Nintendo make toys. They don't care about any of that and so they'll stick to making their brand of ports and remakes.
Gotta stop thinking of Nintendo as a contender in a console "war" because they sure as hell don't.