Nintendo Reveals Japanese Wii U Price, Launch Details

Where's the New York Presentation watching party at? I feel so ronery at work.

That 1GB system memory BETTER be reduced to allow more game memory. 
 
I don't  care how fast it its or the price, 1GB is LOW. It might be enough for Nintendo games but this is typical Nintendo only thinking of themselves when designing hardware. That damn gamepad is the cuprit of all this, something that is even less impactful for games than the wii remote (at least pointer controls are useful), is harvesting resources from the main hardware to keep it "cheap" (because 250 for this hardware is expensive in my opinion). 
 
A new model PS3 (hopefully for 150) or an Oculus Rift (true next gen hardware) is a much better proposition in my opinion.

NA stream can be found here for those of you that are looking for it.

http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu

Should we make a new thread or discuss everything here duders?

Wait 32GB of storage? what it doesn't have a hardrive? ....oh dear.

Wow, big gamble on the tablet controller.

1 dollar bob

also i think there will be on wii u over here no need to confuse the masses with premeium stuff.

Someone here called out November 18 for US release. That guy called right so good job to whoever it was.

Patrick, "GPGPU" stands for General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit. It means they're going to be taking some things that normally the CPU would be doing, and passing them off to something that is effectively a GPU (but with no graphical output) for faster processing. An example of this might be if they used the GPU to calculate particle positions in the world, or to do physics. Those are not Rendering problems, but they can be configured in such a way as to take advantage of the extreme parallelism of modern GPUs.

made a thread so we can discuss what is going on in the press event

http://www.giantbomb.com/wii-u/60-139/wii-u-preview-event-discussion/35-560307/#1

If they price it over $250, then they're smoking crack.

@Vegetable_Side_Dish said:

Perfect.

Goddamnit Kaz Hirai I love you so much.

Summation of Common Misconceptions/Overreactions and their explanations in the comments so far:

1. It's Really expensive --> Japanese Pricing, US is sure to be lower than the mere conversion number

2. 2GB of RAM is so outdated! --> Console RAM =/= PC RAM, Xbox360 has 1/4 of that RAM for example

3. Internal Storage is a joke! --> Do you want to pay for vastly overpriced first party storage? Or go to almost any retail or online outlet and pay 5 bucks for an 8GB flash drive, or pay $50-$100 for.5-1.5TB HDand have all the storage a Nintendo Console will ever need?

This console/marketing strategy still have issues, but let's have patience and see if it falls on it's face over the next few years and not lose your collective $hit b4 it's even released

Picking up the 32gb one with probably 2 of the controllers (not the tablet ones, the normal controllers)

Can't wait, super excited! GET HYPED.

By "1gb system memory and 1gb game memory," do you mean 1gb RAM and 1gb VRAM?

Yeah cause I'm gonna buy a console from a violently racist company. Shuh.

For 350, they'll have to have some really, really awesome games at launch to sell me on it before a price drop. 250 was more what I was looking to pay. (Not even considering getting the 300 dollar unit, 8GB is just... man. Not like 32 is good, but at least it'll have some room.)

Think with that price or something close to it, it will sell but not as good as the Wii with such a low price on it at launch. Surprised that there's not a pack in game for Japan, seems that with all the small number of launch titles it'd be a great way to show off what Nintendo thinks is the best game, then change it out later.

@Begilerath said:

@Chavtheworld said:

2GB memory? Fuuuuuck old hardware is old.

Also those prices equate to £209-251. Watch the prices go down to $300-350 in the US and up in the UK to £250-300. We will get shafted as usual!

How exactly 2 GB are "old"? I think you mean low spec or something like that. For example 2GB of DDR3 memory are probably going to perform better than 3GB of DDR memory at the same clock speed.

I was picking out 2GB as an indicator of the relative age of the rest of the hardware in the machine. 2GB memory was standard back when the 360 and PS3 originally came out, and cause of how scarce the actual details are on the rest of the WiiU's system specs I was extrapolating that to the rest of the hardware. Which would put the WiiU on par with an 8 year old PC.

But how much will the "pro" controller cost? That's the only thing I plan on buying from Nintendo this generation.

Guys! Bayonetta 2! Guys! Guys! YOUGUISE.

@Napalm said:

Guys! Bayonetta 2! Guys! Guys! YOUGUISE.

Well holy shit.

@Napalm said:

Guys! Bayonetta 2! Guys! Guys! YOUGUISE.

Here's a link: http://nintendoeverything.com/98765/bayonetta-2-announced-for-wii-u/

@Hailinel said:

@Napalm said:

Guys! Bayonetta 2! Guys! Guys! YOUGUISE.

Here's a link: http://nintendoeverything.com/98765/bayonetta-2-announced-for-wii-u/

Also...

HOLY FUCKING SHIT, YOU GUYS.

@ShiftyMagician said:

@Napalm said:

Guys! Bayonetta 2! Guys! Guys! YOUGUISE.

Well holy shit.

Somebody just screencap'd the uStream... stream reveal from the Nintendo press conference. Geoff Keighly retweeted it. Here, let me find it: i.imgur.com/hRFOl.jpg

@Napalm said:

@ShiftyMagician said:

@Napalm said:

Guys! Bayonetta 2! Guys! Guys! YOUGUISE.

Well holy shit.

Somebody just screencap'd the uStream... stream reveal from the Nintendo press conference. Geoff Keighly retweeted it. Here, let me find it: i.imgur.com/hRFOl.jpg

Definitely saw it live myself but good to see someone screencap it. This press event is better than the E3 showing already.

So a current gen system with a tablet controller for 400? Uh no thanks.

@Binarynova said:

@DeF said:

The "normal" Pro Controller won't be compatible with all games though. Only stuff in which the GamePad features are optional (like most 3rd party multiplatform games).

This is why I'm not picking up a Wii-U. Nintendo's attempt to focus on a non-standard controller with the Wii is what turned me off. There wasn't a single game I played for the Wii that felt good to control at all (except games that didn't require the Wii-mote). And this from the company that practically invented high-quality responsive gamepads.

All I wanted from the Wii's successor was a regular controller again. Sadly, Nintendo is not interested.

I don't get this sentiment at all. The GamePad is a standard controller. It just happens to have a screen in the middle. Are you afraid to look silly because it's so big? It has the exact same inputs as a DualShock3 or 360 pad. Makes zero sense.

Okay so how much is it in english pounds?

The level of ignorance in these comments is absolutely astounding. I've been as skeptical of the Wii U as the next guy, but you people really have a keen hatred of Nintendo. Let's get real here.

1. 2GB RAM is 4x what is in the current gen consoles, and over 20x the memory in the Wii. You can't compare PC RAM with console RAM because the two systems work completely differently. The amount of RAM in the Wii U is far more than current generation consoles.

2. Yeah, the second tablet controller is pricey. Guess what? Almost no games are going to use 2 of those things. Most games will be playable with the Pro controller or Wii remotes. No need to shell out extra cash for the tablet controller unless you are clumsy enough to break it.

3. $300/350 is hardly overpriced for this thing, when you factor in the tablet controller. I mean, we're talking $50 more than current generation consoles! Nintendo is going to be just fine here.

4. Anyone talking about a 8GB/32GB HDD is wrong. The Wii U will use flash memory, not a HDD. Huge difference. For those who want to download a ton of games, you can buy a $50 1TB USB HDD this black friday and you'll have all the storage space you want.

I just bought a Wii and around 20 games for $400 last year. I think I will be doing the same with this one as I have not seen any games that make me go nuts yet. Though that Lego game does look rather cool. Just hope it comes out on other platforms. Once it has 4-5 games I can't get anywhere else, a slight price cut and/or a fall into some money I want to through away I will see about getting it sooner. So far it has done nothing to impress me.

Nintendo, you continue to do nothing to convince me I want your systems.

Eh, it's a bit more expensive than I thought...but it looks like a price point that will lure in enough people that are ignorant of what "next gen" should be to make Nintendo rich again.