During my morning coffee and my customary internet retail perusing I came across something very bizarre. At first I thought it was an isolated incident, but after further investigation came to find out that what I had saw had been repeated. Amazon has a few listings up for Wii U games that are currently available for pre-order, third party titles such as Assassin’s Creed 3 and ZombieU are listed for .99, but first party titles including Nintendo Land, Pikmin 3, and New Super Mario Bros. U were listed for .99. I know there has been no pricing structure established for the Wii U hardware, let alone the software, but this is something, mistake or not, that I couldn’t overlook. This begs the question; will Wii U titles cost 0?
I wanted to see if any other retailers had Wii U game prices listed so I poked around the web a little bit. The next stop on my search was GameStop’s website and they had multiple listings as well, but they had every game listed at $99.99, including the third party titles that Amazon had listed for $59.99. I popped over to Best Buy and New Egg and neither site had prices listed for Wii U games.
These prices haven’t been confirmed or denied by Nintendo and its supporting publishers, so for right now this is purely speculation. I know most retailers just throw out a price to round out a pre-order listing, but it just seems odd that more than one retailer would present such a price unsubstantiated. I sincerely hope that games for Nintendo’s new console do not cost $100 because frankly that wouldn’t bode well for the system’s success. I will continue to look into this pricing scheme, but until then stay tuned for more Wii U news here at HeyUGuys Gaming.
No, they’re not going to cost $100, they are covering bases for their preorders, their prices can only go lower, looks good when the actual prices are announced. Come on, really??
Lol you’re stooooopid just like every other person who hasn’t PLAYED the wii U and knows nothing about nintendo and yet continues to write news about it
It’s completely unrealistic for Nintendo to think that they could stand a chance to compete with those given prices. I am sure the titles will round themselves out in time.
First off, it’s stupid that you spelt stupid wrong. Secondly, if you previously read his articles he went to E3 and has played the wii U.
Quite simply: No.
you are an idiot. those are placeholder values.
i would gladly pay 100 bucks for a game if the game last around 100hrs on a single play through. better that than pay 60 bucks for a 5 hr game