Back in May, ASDA slashed the price of the Wii U by a whole £100, with other retailers following suit. Now once again you can get the Wii U Basic 8GB system for £149 or the Premium 32GB for £199, both of which are an absolute steal at that price since you’re getting the console as well as the expensive and well-built controller.
The Wii U hasn’t sold very well, being in the range of a few million rather than tens of millions as I’m sure Nintendo would have hoped, almost eight months after release.
Now is perhaps the best time to buy the system: the price cut is just in time for Pikmin 3’s release and there are a few months left before the big titles such as The Wind Waker remake, Super Mario 3D World and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze release.
It doesn’t help that games such as Aliens: Colonial Marines and Battlefield 3 haven’t seen the light of day on the console, with even the complete (and out on PC) Scribblenauts Unlimited having no signs of being released in Europe.
Source: MCV
Eldave0
Stunning price. Bound to appeal to those for are sitting there wanting an X1 or PS4 but can’t really afford it.
Tuffcub
Buy a Wii for £199 for a catalogue of 100 or so games (many of which have been released on other systems) or buy a PS3 or Xbox 360 for £139 and a back catalogue of a couple of thousand games, most of which can be picked up dirt cheap.
Eldave0
Boils down to exclusives I guess. For me Nintendo exclusives will always have the edge over MS and Sony as they are simply a joy to play
a inferior race
Mario Kart is the best exclusive for me out of all exclusives on consoles.
flatspikes
This was me, I foolishly bought one at launch played the ‘few’ games I wanted sold it for a moderate loss and re-bought a PS3 slim…
Awayze
£149.99 for the black one by Christmas.
Dar-Kaus
The writing is on the wall for Nintendo’s Wii U