Iwata Says Wii U Price is Not the Issue

The price of the Wii U itself is not stopping it being sold

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Iwata Says Wii U Price is Not the Issue
To be honest, if Nintendo president Saturo Iwata believes that it's price rather than actual specs, or the basic problem of complexity that's stopping people buying the Wii U, then Ninty may have bigger problems than we thought."

In a recent interview with old SPOnG pal, Steve Boxer, Mr Iwata made it very clear, however, that this is not his position. Something else is stopping the Wii U selling. He says:

"If the price is actually an issue [with Wii U], then there is some contradiction between the current sales balance between the Basic and Premium versions of the Wii U.

"The basic version should have sold a lot, but the fact of the matter is that people are buying more of the premium version. So the issue is not there."

He does, however, stop short of blaming the actual hardware itself. He tells CVG, "I understand that the real issue is the lack of software, and the only solution is to provide the mass-market with a number of quality software titles."

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headcasephil 13 Aug 2013 20:38
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i feel that and like iv said before the name and price customers see it as a over priced wii add on if they wanted to keep the name wii call it wii 2 wii hd not wii u then there's the price $349.99 £249.99 for a 4gb or £299.99 $299.99 for the 32gb when u can get a 12gb ps3 149.99 of 500gn for 249.99 or a 360 4 gb for £124.99 of a 250gb for £199.99 and the game catalog is huge for both i look at all nintendo consoles and at there launch prices
wii $249 £179.99
GameCube $199 £129.99
N64 $199 £250
SNES $199
NES $199
they have all been with in the oh well its not that expensive might as well

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