13th September 2012, 10:23 AM
The system is $300 in the US, November 18th. $350 for the deluxe model. The deluxe model in the US will also include NintendoLand; I guess the basic might not have a packin? Still though, at least one model does, and the price difference isn't that big.
But even so, yeah, it will be Nintendo's most expensive system ever. "So expensive" sounds a bit much, though, it's well below the starting prices for the PS3 or 360, and it IS more powerful than either of them. The PS4 and Xbox3 are certain to cost more than that as well. (As for those Japanese prices, Japanese systems always cost more, you know.)
As for the controller, we've always known that it will be expensive. With all that stuff on it, that large of a screen, wireless streaming tech, etc, it's going to be expensive. Do we know the US price, though? I imagine it'll be less than it is in Japan.
As for Windows 8, I'm definitely disliking what I've heard of it... I really, REALLY hope that MS does not do what some fear they will with this and go towards and Apple-style system. That would be disastrous and should make Windows 8 a should-avoid for anyone... (Yes, you might be able to go into another mode which actually lets you use normal Windows, but still, that default tablet-style thing is the main thing people will see...) Yeah, we don't know this for sure, but still...
But even so, yeah, it will be Nintendo's most expensive system ever. "So expensive" sounds a bit much, though, it's well below the starting prices for the PS3 or 360, and it IS more powerful than either of them. The PS4 and Xbox3 are certain to cost more than that as well. (As for those Japanese prices, Japanese systems always cost more, you know.)
Quote: The storage space is somewhat decent now as opposed to the downright offensive 2GB the Wii had, but far shy of the now-standard 250GB hard drives the 360 and PS3 now ship with (and USE, since they now have essentially removed the size limit on downloadable games and MS for their part has put EVERY 360 game on their network as a download).It does support USB hard drives, as well as SD cards up to 32GB.
Quote: 2 GB RAM... Well it's 4 times the RAM in the 360, so it IS an upgrade, but my phone has the same amount of RAM and cost less. I don't know what the rest of the specs are, but developers have commented they're "competitive with the 360 and PS3", which is the polite way of saying they caught up, but don't intend to do any more than that.The system is definitely more powerful than PS3 or 360. It may not be a full generational leap above them, but it does seem to be more powerful. Whether developers actually use that power is another story entirely, of course.
As for the controller, we've always known that it will be expensive. With all that stuff on it, that large of a screen, wireless streaming tech, etc, it's going to be expensive. Do we know the US price, though? I imagine it'll be less than it is in Japan.
As for Windows 8, I'm definitely disliking what I've heard of it... I really, REALLY hope that MS does not do what some fear they will with this and go towards and Apple-style system. That would be disastrous and should make Windows 8 a should-avoid for anyone... (Yes, you might be able to go into another mode which actually lets you use normal Windows, but still, that default tablet-style thing is the main thing people will see...) Yeah, we don't know this for sure, but still...