You can now pick up a Wii U Premium Edition for the rather affordable price of £179.99, at either Argos or Amazon, who have both lowered prices this morning. Going by the trend it’s alphabetical, so Asda might be next in line to drop the price.
The Premium edition of the console includes a black system and GamePad, stands, a sensor bar and Nintendo Land to get you started. It’s a very steep price cut as it can still be found for around £300 in places, and I paid that price just over one year ago.
It will be interesting to see whether this is just a quick price slash or if the Wii U will sit at this price for months to come – the system has previously floated around the £200 mark, but this is the lowest price the system has been to date in the UK.
This is exactly what the Wii U needs – it’s now about half the price of any other next generation console, and with games such as Donkey Kong Country and Mario Kart just around the corner, Nintendo will be looking to sell systems as they recently lowered profit forecasts.
Via CVG
UPDATE:Â According to a Nintendo representative who spoke to VG247, these price cuts are not official and were instead decided upon by the retailers themselves.
Kevling
Prices are back up to £219.99 at both argos and Amazon. I suspect the drop was a knee-jerk reaction to Nintendo’s news to try and generate some interest. Seems to have worked :)