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Wii U sold below Cost

Nintendo is giving you a present this Holidays. Nintendo is making a loss on each Wii U they sell.

Oct 25 2012, 4:43am CDT | by

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Wii U sold below Cost
 
 

The console business has become really hard. Nintendo is releasing the Wii U on November 18 and has now revealed that their new console is sold below cost according to GamesIndustry. Satoru...

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NEWS: Wii U Basic Set Discounted at Target

Source: Nintendo World Report

The entire contents of this Web site, unless otherwise noted, are Copyright © 1999 - 2013 NINTENDO WORLD REPORT, LLC. All Rights Reserved. ™ and © for all products, characters, and indicia related thereto which are contained herein are owned by the compa ...
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"The Wii U is crap. Less powerful than an Xbox 360. Poor online/store. Weird tablet. Nintendo are walking dead at this point. Sony, MS, Apple, Google all following the same playbook. Standard, powerful, hardware, with focus on software and services."


Source: The Inquisitr

Update: 8

NEWS: EA: We Are Building Titles for Wii U

Source: Nintendo World Report

EA is not neglecting Nintendo's console after all. Electronic Arts has confirmed that it does actually have Wii U games in development, correcting earlier statements that the publisher was not supporting the ...
Full article at: Nintendo World Report  More like this  4 hours ago

Update: 7

EA CFO: EA Is Developing Wii U Games

Source: Game Politics

Last week EA's Jeff Brown said that the company had "no games in development for the Wii U currently," but a statement from EA's CFO Blake Jorgensen noting that EA "is developing games for the Wii U," but not as many as the company is developing for ...
Full article at: Game Politics  More like this  5 hours ago

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Wii U & PS4 has a better Long Life than Xbox One

Source: N4G

My screen name on ps4 will be skarlett41 and SkarlettHarlot. 4>1. I like killzone,bf4,cod ghost,lbp,infamous, ff,and a lot of other games. If a game is good ill get it because im in to a lot of dif genres. This screen name will be made on ps4 launch da ...
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EA eats words, has Wii U games in development

Source: Destructoid

The official Need for Speed Facebook account has posted a teaser image for a new game, as shown above. It's getting to be about that time -- it is, after all, a new year. The "Pursuit" on the side of the vehicle would suggest... Joining other announced t ...
Full article at: Destructoid  More like this  10 hours ago

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LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes - How much have U.S. Wii owners reported playing?

Source: N4G

"LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (LB2) was developed by TT Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game released last June for the Wii, (and the 3DS, DS, PC, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, and Xbox 360) with a ...
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AMD officially featuring on Xbox One, PS4 and Wii U

Source: IT Pro Portal

Keep up to date with all the top stories in the professional IT landscape, whether it’s Cloud, Security or Networking, ITProPortal has it covered. If you’re looking for news on the latest consumer electronics trends and tech, or reviews of the latest gad ...
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First LEGO Batman 2 Wii U trailer

Source: The Official Nintendo Magazine

LEGO Batman 2 was released for other consoles last year but it is coming out for Wii U for the first time this week. As you can see, Batman and the Justice League will be fighting super villains on Wii U and you can use the GamePad as a map (surp ...
Full article at: The Official Nintendo Magazine  More like this  11 hours ago

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Wii U sold below Cost

The console business has become really hard. Nintendo is releasing the Wii U on November 18 and has now revealed that their new console is sold below cost according to GamesIndustry. Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo said: "The Wii U hardware will have a negative impact on Nintendo's profits early after the launch because rather than determining a price based on its manufacturing cost, we selected one that consumers would consider to be reasonable."

The Wii U sells for $299.99 and $349.99 respectively. The initial stock of Wii U is basically sold out. Only expensive bundles pop up now and then. Here is for instance a $459 Wii U bundle that is in stock on Walmart.

Nintendo plans to sell 5.5 million Wii U consoles this fiscal year.

 

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