Upcoming exclusives include the new Xenoblade game, a brand new Legend of Zelda, Splatoon and the Shin Megami Tensei /Fire Emblem crossover, just to name a few. Now the Wii U boasts Super Mario 3D World, Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, a remastered Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Mario Kart 8, Bayonetta 2 and Super Smash Bros. Granted, the Wii U came out a year before its rivals, but that first year was hardly its best in terms of video games. You pay for what you get, right? Well the cheapest console also happens to have the best exclusives of the three-at least at the moment. Granted both those services do offer nice perks, but the Wii U's online is the only one of the three that is 100% free. No app or online multiplayer is hidden behind a monthly subscription.Ĭompare this to Xbox Live Gold ($59.99/year) or PlayStation Plus ($49.99/year) and the pennies start to add up. Of course, the Wii U is also cheaper thanks to Nintendo not charging for its online services. You don't have to pay a monthly subscription to access content. It is in fact hard to come by at the moment, and reports earlier in the summer said that it was being pulled from stores, suggesting that Nintendo could be phasing it out in favor of the more inclusive package.2. Polygon reports that while the Basic package remains on sale, that Nintendo says it has fallen into "limited supply" within the US. Update: At $299.99, the Wii U Deluxe package would actually match the price of the Wii U Basic package. That could be enough to give the Wii U something of an edge - but Nintendo's console will still be the least powerful of the three major game systems, and it hasn't seen a particularly encouraging response from developers throughout its first year. Both of its competitors' consoles will now be significantly more expensive than the Wii U, with the PlayStation 4 running $100 more, and the Xbox One running $200 more. The price drop comes about two months before the Wii U will begin facing even stiffer competition from next-generation game consoles from Sony and Microsoft. The company has said that it thinks the lack of strong, first-party titles has been the reason for the tepid response, and it's been working to get its big names - including Mario, Donkey Kong, and Zelda - over to the console soon. Earlier this month, Nintendo estimated that it had only sold 3.45 million Wii U consoles so far, after having been on the market since November. The Wii U hasn't been selling quite as well as Nintendo might like, and come September 20th it's giving the new console's Deluxe package a $50 price cut that'll bring it down to $299.99.
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