Wii U pricing

[Late]

Wii U Premium £269.99 @ Sainsburys:
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That's £299.99, less £30.00 code for new customers. If you're an existing customer you could try a new account. No guarantees it'd be accepted, and not sure if you'd get it for launch day.


Wii U Premium approx. £260.68 @ Amazon France:
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€322.06 (approximately £261)
You'll need to switch the two plugs from 2 pin to 3 pin, or use adaptors, but other than that there should be be no difference between the UK and FRA consoles.


Not even remotely interested, personally, but might be of use to someone...

[Late]

The price crash continues. 

Zavvi are now trying to shift their Wii U premiums on eBay for £225

[harv]

Really weird how it hasn't been selling so well in Europe, it's doing great in the States and Japan. Still, in terms of worldwide sales in its first 4 weeks it's outsold the PS3 and 360 in their first 4 weeks and has done 88% of the Wii's sales so as far as total sales goes it's been a resounding success so far

All they need to do now is keep sales momentum going until E3 next year.

[bealec]

Of course it outsold the PS3 and 360. Much as with the Wii people but it when it first comes out to see if the gimmicks are worth it, quickly realise they aren't and it becomes an expensive dust magnet.

Sales will drop off dramatically within then next couple of months.

[Late]

Currently £225 with free next day delivery at Zavvi, for the Premium version (so matches the price they were shifting them for on eBay a couple of months back).
If you have a 10% code kicking around you can have it for approx £203.
(They send them out to people who've not ordered anything for a while, and there's referral codes either from your own account or from googling. Some codes are valid for hardware, some aren't.)


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I'm semi-tempted at £203. The console doesn't much appeal, there's no decent exclusives, the multiplatform games are the same as (or worse than) the ps3/360 versions, and the whole asymmetrical gaming thing still stinks - but at that price you could play it, see what you're missing, decide whether you like it, then sell it for around £180 - so you're only £25 out of pocket (assuming used market stays steady at ~£180).

[harv]

If you do get one you need to get ZombiU, it's awesome...just make sure you have some clean underwear handy and don't play with crosshairs and aim-assist turned off unless you like a real challenge. I had to turn them both on again to complete the Arena, it was bloody impossible without them.

Sonic Racing Transformed is also excellent. The other games I've got you've probably already got for other platforms.

We've got Monster Hunter 3G Ultimate, Lego City Undercover and Aliens Colonial Marines coming up, the latter of which is what the E3 demos, trailers and developer walkthroughs were taken from apparently, which means it could be a completely different game compared to the shite that was released on other platforms. It's believed to be the lead platform for the 'next gen'versions that will be launch or launch window titles for the PS4 and 720...people that forked out for the crappy PS3 and 360 versions are going to be seriously pissed.

Trine 2, Little Inferno, Nano Assault Neo, The Cave and Mighty Switch Force are essential purchases in the eShop, and Zen Pinball 2 and Tank!Tank!Tank! are available as F2P games.

[harv]

Forgot to mention Darksiders 2, it's as cheap as chips now and includes all DLC plus 5+ hours of bonus content so is probably worth picking up even if you own it on another platform.

Scribblenauts is another exclusive worth picking up, haven't got it myself yet though.

[Late]

"Base" model has been reduced to £189.85 by ShopTo on ebay.

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Compares pretty well with the £225 Premium version at Zavvi.
Worth the extra £35 for the "Nintendo Land" game (available from Grainger for £25 new or £20 used) and some charge cradles? That's a judgement call.


Still not going near it with a barge pole, personally, but if the price keeps falling (and I'm sure it will) I'll probably end up picking one up - even though I'm sure it'll be gathering dust a few weeks later.





That's not a cue for you to tell us all how great the machine is and how awesome all the games are, Harv - we all know, and fully believe and agree with you.

[harv]

You're actually better off getting the Premium SKU if you're planning to buy stuff from the eShop. Much better value due to the vouchers you get.

[Late]

The price drop continues.
"Basic" SKU £178.99 @ Grainger

HUKD

[AVFCRoss]

Wow, not even the PS3 was this bad with it's price drops...and this apparently the next big thing...lol

[jman]

Have you seen their sales figures for the states.. they are nothing short of woeful - but the trade price hasnt been cut.. its the retailers who are cutting the price and actually selling at a loss now to get the stock off their shelves - I think the trade price for the basic is around £200.

[harv]

Won't know what the sales figures in the States are like until later this week. The January NPD figures were affected by scalpers returning consoles they couldn't flog over Christmas. We'll probably see sales increasing this month and through the Summer when the likes of Monster Hunter, Lego City and other delayed titles such as Pikmin 3, Wii Fit, Wonderful 101 and Game & Wario are released.

We'll probably see a price cut in November along with the releases of 3D Mario and Mario Kart 8. I'm still expecting the Wii U to have an installed userbase between 10m and 15m before the end of the year despite the drop in sales after Christmas.

[Late]

I'm still expecting the Wii U to have died a death before the end of the year due to the drop in sales...

Corrected for you.

YW.

[styles]

Harv is now akin to playing "abide with me" whilst the titanic goes down