Wii U Priced at $300 for Basic, $350 For Deluxe

September 13, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:40 pm

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Nintendo announced the price of the Wii U in New York City today, and to the surprise of some, the Wii U will come in two price SKUs:

Basic Set ($299.99) – 8 GB white Wii U, white Wii U GamePad
Deluxe Set ($349.99) – 32 GB black Wii U, black Wii U GamePad, GamePad Cradle, Wii U console stand, Nintendo Land

Already, GameStop is offering the following trade-in deals:

$50 trade credit for a Wii
$90 trade credit for an Xbox 360 (original), PS Vita or 3DS
$115 trade credit for a PS3 (original) or Xbox 360 (slim)
$140 trade credit for a PS3 (slim)

Nintendo also released the list of launch titles as well:

505 Games -Funky Barn
2K Sports- NBA 2K13
Activision – 007 Legends, Black Ops 2,Transformers Prime, WipeOut 3, Skylanders Giants, Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2013, Rapala Pro Bass Fishing
Capcom -Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
D3Publisher – Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game, Ben 10: Omniverse, Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade
Disney Interactive – Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
EA – Mass Effect 3, Madden 13, FIFA 13
Frozenbyte – Trine 2: Director’s Cut
Gaijin Games- Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
Majesco Entertainment – Zumba Fitness Core
Maximum Games- Jett Tailfin
Namco – Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U Edition, TANK TANK TANK
Nintendo – Nintendo Land, New Super Mario Bros. U, NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor’s Edge, SiNG PARTY, LEGO City: Undercover, Wii Fit U, Game & Wario, Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101 from Platinum Games
SEGA- Aliens: Colonial Marines, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Shin’en- Nano Assault Neo
Tecmo Koei- WARRIORS OROCHI 3 Hyper
THQ- Darksiders II, Wheel of Fortune, JEOPARDY!
Two Tribes- Toki Tori 2
Ubisoft – Assassin’s Creed III, Just Dance 4, Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth, Rabbids Land, Sports Connection, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013, ZombiU, Rayman Legends
Warner Bros. – Scribblenauts Unlimited, Game Party Champions, Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition

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Alphashard says:

September 15, 2012 at 11:18 am

Launched yesterday (9/15/12) with the goal of making 1.1M dollars, this morning they are 95% towards there goal. They want to make a game in the spirit of Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape torment. With a month left on there kcickstarter timer looks like they will make it. Might be interesting for The Gaming Podcast.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity/

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So far we’ve seen very few “need to have” games for the PlayStation 3 console while Xbox 360 continues to build a substantial library and Wii continues to break sales records for apparently no reason. When a game publisher has to decide on a platform to launch a new game, why would they choose the one that doesn’t care to be competitively priced in the market? The one that doesn’t care about quantity of sales?

Sony intends to reverse the entire razor blade philosophy where one sells a cheap razor and charges users for the blades over and over again. Their take on this concept is to sell really expensive razors and put out small half-quality blades. Is that a good market strategy at this point?

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Activision Blizzard hardly makes a game we’d forget. The reason we all have fond memories of Starcraft, Warcraft and Diablo is due to the craftsmanship that goes into the game titles (and a bit of the marketing). The developers take their time to hand craft and test a solid product, which is reason alone to see a release next year rather than in this one.

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It won’t make the 2008 holiday schedule, making us wonder if it’s a 2009 holiday schedule. Although Activision Blizzard doesn’t need to time their games for the biggest sales seasons it doesn’t hurt to push the title out when gamers are actively looking for new blockbusters.

Personally, we’d love to see a Spring/Summer release time frame to give us something to fill the void, but we’re sure Activision’s marketing team has plans revolving around money than a few gamers personal preferences. Regardless to the launch time we’re at least privvy to the knowledge that it’s coming next year.