Nintendo: Wii U price is right due to Nintendo Land pack-in with Deluxe Set
Having the Wii U Deluxe Set priced at $350 could be a tough sell for Nintendo moving forward. Sony will be launching the PlayStation 4 later this year, and is only $50 more for what you could say is a much-more involved piece of technology.
There is one important point to note, according to Nintendo of America senior director of corporate communications Charlie Scibetta. Scibetta mentioned in an interview with Shacknews that the Wii U Deluxe Set comes with a game whereas the PlayStation 4 does not.
Scibetta said the following when asked if Wii U can be competitive priced against the PS4:
“Well, you do get an included game with our Deluxe 32GB SKU. You automatically have software to enjoy right out of the box.”
“We believe our value proposition is right for both our 8GB and 32GB models. With the software that’s coming out between now and 2014, we have the software to power the hardware. We had a good launch, but as we’ve said before, we’ve had to hold some titles back from the first half of 2013 to the second half and that was for quality reasons.”
