Wii U price won’t be revealed at E3 2012
At an investors briefing meeting today Satoru Iwata has told investors that the Wii U price won’t be revealed at E3 2012. More details on the system and games will be but final pricing will be held for a later date.
Iwata did reconfirm though the system is still on track for 2012 in Japan, America, Europe and even Australia.
Nintendo hasn’t announced the pricing for its last two systems at E3. The Wii price was announced in September 2006, two months it’s release and the 3DS was priced a couple of months before ts release as well.
Nintendo have admitted that they even made the 3DS more expensive after the amount of hype it got at E3 2010.
So yes, the Wii U price could be worth hiding, it might be really expensive. But it’s most likely business as usual for Nintendo. However we don’t think that will stop you all from guessing anyway.
Some people are saying that it was a misquote and Iwata actually said;
“I believe that you are most interested in the details of the Wii U. Since the Wii U will be launched in Japan, the U.S., Europe and Australia in the year-end sales season…
Therefore, we still have some time before the launch and I cannot say anything about the release date, price or the launch titles here.
Regarding the Wii U, just as we have been saying until now…
We will showcase the final format, and discuss the details and the software lineup for this year at E3 2012, which will be held in Los Angeles in the United States in June this year.
Also, in the week after the E3 show, we would like to organize an opportunity where we can showcase the same to the Japanese wholesalers and financial analysts who cannot attend the E3 show. The people in our appropriate sections will let you know as soon as we have settled on further details.
Please also be advised that, as we did for previous platforms that were launched in the year-end sales season, we will announce the launch date and price in each market sometime after E3.”
and it’s likely Nintendo will announce the US price at E3, then hold a “Nintendo Direct” type announcement for more localised prises.