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Nintendo has no plans to stop selling Wii U Basic packages, despite recall notices allegedly given to GameStop employees. Nintendo said it is making supply adjustments to balance the $300 package with its $350 Deluxe counterpart in a statement to Polygon.
"There is a current misperception about Wii U hardware," a Nintendo representative said. "To clarify: Nintendo is working with its retail partners to simply rebalance the stock of the White 8GB and the Black 32GB Wii U models in the market. Consumers looking for either model will continue to find them available."
Previous reports indicated GameStop would on June 18 cease selling the 8 GB white Basic version. If that is indeed the case, it's not Nintendo's doing.
A 32 GB white system was recently announced in Japan. We'll find out more about Nintendo's worldwide plans for the system in its E3 Nintendo Direct on June 11.
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14 comments View as: Newest first Oldest firstsxh967 - 7 hours, 18 minutes ago
The Wii did well because it was priced at £180 but the Wii U is still £200 plus (significantly more than £200 for the deluxe). Once you break that £200 barrier your product is seen as much more expensive. Even if they just put it at £199.99 they would sell like hotcakes and then developers would want to buy one. Nintendo should take the hit in the short term (we all know they have the cash to do so) and really encourage people to buy a Wii U. There are next to no games that make the Wii U worth buying so the only thing they can do is drop the price. Reply Report
ParagonT - 6 hours, 15 minutes ago
I think anyone who was ever going to buy a Wii U has. Their previous leading demographics are now content with the Wii still, and has no real plans to upgrade. Even with a price drop, I doubt it would work since the Xbox One and PS4 are now about to take the stage and pretty much making the Wii U obsolete. Mind you that I hate the Xbox One so far and I'm very skeptical on the PS4, but even if they both somehow managed to fail in my eyes, saving up for a PC would be better than to sucum to a console that really had no chance to begin with. Reply Report
Talvari - 20 hours, 21 minutes ago
8GB model is kinda...small but if people don't want to download games it's a perfectly viable option. But you just get so much more for spending an extra £50 or $50 (conversion rates forever sucking from $ to £...). Would maybe make sense to discontinue production but i guess so long as the majority is deluxe it's fine. I still don't think it needs a massive price drop though. The consoles price is fine. Reply Report
gamerdad23 - June 5, 2013 2:58 p.m.
I think its probably over for the Wii U. Reply Report
Cyberninja - 21 hours, 31 minutes ago
You must be crazy if you think it doomsday for anything that has been out less then a year, heck if we went by that logic both PS3 and Vita would have died very early but 8 months is not long enough to say its over for something, heck at the moment wiiu has more cool stuff then the PS4 or Xbone planned for it. Reply Report
Tjwoods18 - 20 hours, 58 minutes ago
I just can't be enthusiatic about what Nintendo has lined up, because we have come to know of Nintendo's go to move. For them when the chips are down it is back to a (Zelda) drawing board. Reply Report Tjwoods18 - 20 hours, 57 minutes ago
Maybe if they would get off their butts and completely release every popular gameboy/advanced title that ever came out, then I would consider the Wii U a success. Reply Report
BladedFalcon - 20 hours, 33 minutes ago
The Virtual Boy died pretty much in a year or less... And of course, people saw it's demise coming way before that. Reply Report Cyberninja - 20 hours, 7 minutes ago
Well but the Virtual Boy was fundamentally flawed because it caused sickness and it was pretty much just a system that was supposed to lessen the wait for the N64. The WiiU like it or not is a full system and it is getting on going support, which goes a long way in keeping a system alive even if it is only from core Nintendo games, because once the new 3D mario, Mario Kart and Smash Bros hit no one will be calling doom again,and then we have the new sonic, Bayonetta and Wonderful 101, as well as any surprises we may learn about at E3. Also at this point people are calling everyone's demise for everything, like people are already saying the Xbone is going to take Microsoft out the console race. Reply Report Cyberninja - 20 hours, 5 minutes ago
Well that's true but at the very least the 3DS eshop does show they are willing to try new stuff out through digital media, so its a start. Reply Report
GamesradarsCamelToe - 16 hours, 59 minutes ago
@cyberninja--dont pay anymind to falcon--hes such a lil PS3 dick riding-nintendo hating troll--just remember--every time he hops up and down on sonys dick--its basically 1/3 nintendo--seeing as how PS is nitnendo's illegitiment bastard child Reply Report BladedFalcon - 9 hours, 48 minutes ago
I just clarified to you that there ARE systems that are deemed failures in a year or less. Considering you said to the guy that he was crazy to cry "doomsday" on anything in that short period :PAnd well- yes, the Wii U is a full system, but you always fail to acknowledge that it's undeniably behind with the other two in terms of technology. And no matter how much say it doesn't matter and whatever, the Wii U still feels to most people as a catch up to the 360 and PS3's specs than a full fledged consoles.Regarding the games, well, yes, the people that are interested only in the nintendo games will probably be stated on those games you mentioned come out. But it's also clearly that when it comes to third party development, Nintendo is once again being left behind almost completely. Even nowadays most third party developers don't bother making games for it save for ubisoft.Of course, there's always a chance we could be wrong. After the 3DS took a while to pick up steam, and now look at it. (Which, btw, doesn't have the issue the Wii U has, the system boasts a pretty mix of first and third party games.) Then again, the 3DS never ad to compete against TWO other companies with significantly more advanced hardware at the same time, which is why I still think that the Wii U, if not outright fail, it's definitely going to become a very niche system that'll be worth playing for it's exclusives, but not much else.Then again... If both the Xbone AND the PS4 end up adopting all that restrictive DRM bullshit, it would certainly be to Nintendo's benefit. So we'll see at E3 I suppose. Reply Report GamesradarsCamelToe - June 5, 2013 2:19 p.m.
--they need to do a serious price drop (150$ for the white and 200$ for the black) --actually they shoulda gone ahead and dropped the price earlier this year--then they woulda had momentum going into the holidays--instead?--wiiU isnt ever gonna get out of its slump--and will become an after thought by the time XB1 & PS4 get good and launched Reply Report Demon_Krauser - June 5, 2013 1:56 p.m.
They should just recall them. When I go in to work and someone wants a Wii U they always go for the deluxe. A much better deal because of 4x the memory and a game Reply ReportShowing 1-14 of 14 comments
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