I wouldn't use grainger games if they paid me

​I'm also "an owner" and me and my lad use ours for a number of really well polished games. I'd say we've had more than our money's worth out of it. Spent a couple of hours on tropical freeze only yesterday. My advice.. Get this, Mario world and donkey kong and you're set for hours of fun and zero regret for the money handed over.

Does £149 for a USED Wii U still count as a good deal in 2016? Especially with NX on the horizon, and the PS4/XBox1 costing about the same...?

no way should these be £150 second hand when people are buying brand new Xbox One S consoles for sub £200.

I wouldn't use grainger games if they paid me

Should really have been this price for a long time, but a good deal, heat.

Does £149 for a USED Wii U still count as a good deal in 2016? Especially with NX on the horizon, and the PS4/XBox1 costing about the same...?

These should - and I'm an owner - be sub-£100 by now. Only thing we use it for is Star Fox (underrated in my opinion) and Youtube. Still, at least Zelda is (possibly) 'around the corner'.

what he said

I wouldn't use them again either! Have ordered 4 supposedly new games from them in the past NONE were sealed and 2 of the ps4 discs were scratched and plainly secondhand. Though voted hot for your deal op as this item is secondhand.

​and Mario Maker, mine have spent hours on that either building or playing other peoples games!! They also seem to like Tennis but I got bored of that quick!

agree completely. wii u is my favourite console. the library us of a very high quality. hours of fun on it.. and that's what gaming is all about.

Except that tablet controller sucks Donkey Kong's coconuts.
It really does,hence why I just sold my Wii U after only 4 months despite always liking Nintendo games.could never get used to that huge,useless tablet controller with annoying,distracting screen in front of me,instead of a real straighforward comfortable,standard controller.

good find op, heat added

no way should these be £150 second hand when people are buying brand new Xbox One S consoles for sub £200.

I bought a Wii U from release and don't regret it. It's a great little console with some fantastic games, and I'll never get round to finishing all the games I have.

The gamepad is great for offscreen play when the wife's watching some boring reality TV. It's not the most comfortable controller but nowhere near as bad as some people make out.

Shame it didn't take off and is being retired early. Just hope they keep online running so that I can continue playing online. You can't beat Wiimote controls for Call of Duty either, will be difficult to go back to Dual Analogue.

This is a ridiculous comment. They have Wii U pro controllers for actual gaming; which in my opinion is one of the best controllers out there. The main offscreen play is the best part when you have more than 1 child as they can still play while the TV is used for another purpose. The Wii U has always been the most used console in my house since we've had it.

Wasn't clear that it's used

They send European imported games instead of UK (with no mention in product description), this means no trade in. I've also had games from them in the past which were new but the case has been opened and disk obviously used. When trying to contact them they don't get back to you until you send multiple emails, messages through the site and even Facebook messages. They just hope you'll get fed up and leave them alone.

As I said, it's at your own risk but I would avoid this lot, big time.

This is a terrible price anyway, nevermind with the NX around the corner.

Take off the '1' at the start and I might consider one. £149 is a p*ss take.

I shouldn't have bothered with my ISA or p2p lending, should have bought up all the £99 Wii u from tesco a couple of years ago instead

The deal isn't that great anyway, got one years ago with mk8, smash bros, Nintendo land, wii u party plus extra wii mote - £184.99. Still feel that was a bargain. From argos I think.

I paid £250 for mine ages ago, most f in n console I've had I reckon. Pity about the lack of games for it but there some decent ones. I like to play most games on the small screen and stick something on the TV. Football or some stand up comedy or whatever

Just wait a couple of months, Nintendo are taking last order and stopping production of Wii U. The console will be this price brand new around Christmas

We love ours!! Three daughters from 4 to 12 years old. Netflix can be watched on tv or the tablet. Which is great for the kids and me also.

Gaming wise can't fault it Nintendo land, captain toad stool and mazza kart are our favourites.

Yikes. Thanks for the heads up.

I would get a wii U for virtual console (METROID FUSION)
Really wish Nintendo will start bringing GBA to 3DS :disappointed:

My point had nothing to do with the quality of the 8-10 good games on the Wii U you can't get on other consoles. My point is that £150 for a USED Wii U at this stage is ridiculous. The fact that Nintendo haven't implemented any price reduction for years on these is a slap in the face for their fans really. People are paying £199.99 for an Xbox One S + a brand new £40 value game, and nintendo are still asking for the same money for a Wii U with a game - Mental.

I didn't actually vote cold on this deal because fair play if this is actually the cheapest you can get one, then it should be voted up on this site. But I think it's fair to criticise Nintendo for their pricing on these.

Thanks for not voting cold, but man i didnt realise this deal would generate this much controversy. Sorry guys

Voted hot as this is surprisingly the best deal around. I can't believe that at this stage a basic second hand Wii U costs this much yet a new Xbox S costs a fraction more.

It's Nintendo. All Nintendo posts are like this on here :laughing:

Again my point is that it's worth what people will pay for it. People will pay £149.99 for the pleasure of playing the said games as they can't be played on any other console (PS4/XBOX ONE). The price for anything is measured on what someone will pay for it not how it compares to another item. Nintendo know they offer nostalgia for many gamers who will happily pay more for the privilege. Xbox and Playstation offer nothing other than maybe Final Fantasy 7 as a nostalgia for me. I personally have just bought the Xbox One S mainly as I needed a new Blu ray/4k player which would cost close to the cost of the console alone. If I was not in need of this I would definitely not of bought it. However if I didn't have a Wii U already I would almost certainly buy one for this price as for me is a bargain for what the console is. This is ultimately a handheld console, a family console, an active console (Wiimote games), Nostalgia console all in one and has enough great games to keep your average family happy for years. If you're a Hardcore gamer then obviously this will not be for you.

We should be seeing better deals for Wii U in the coming months now that retailers can no longer order new shipments after October.

Isn't it economies of scale? MS make more units so the costs come down. They also sell enough software so they can forfeit any profit on the console. They also have plenty of other income to support a console business and regularly throw money down the drain.

The Wii U initially cost between $180 - $220 to manufacture and this is Nintendo's main product.

Apple mark their goods up 40%, yet nobody moans.

I'd say there are more than 10 Wii U games that you can't play on the PS4 or Xbox One that are worth buying a Wii U to play (i.e. Bayonetta 2, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Hyrule Warriors, Lego City Undercover, Mario Kart 8, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, New Super Mario Bros. U & New Super Luigi U, Pikmin 3, Splatoon, Star Fox Zero, Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Maker, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, The Wonderful 101, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Yoshi's Woolly World plus Zelda when it comes out). Obviously, not everyone will like all of these but there is definitely a decent selection of games you can't play elsewhere, plus there's plenty of other games worth playing.
I don't think that £150 is the standard price for a used console, as if you want a 2nd hand Wii U you can find a boxed one on gumtree for £150 or less with games. My point being that this price isn't actually representative of what they sell for.
The Xbox One & the Wii U are quite different machines with very different games so it seems silly to say 'but you can pay the same money for this other console which can't play Mario Kart or Super Mario Bros or Zelda but plays completely different games' - if you were paying simply for the level of technology included then everyone would buy the PS4 (or whatever the most powerful console is on sale at the moment) but more powerful technology is irrelevant if it doesn't play the games you want. The value of the Wii U isn't in comparison to the other current gen consoles - although this is obviously less true for the PS4 and Xbox since the games you can play on both are pretty much the same - it's in the games you can play & the Wii U games are generally pretty good (but only really if you like Nintendo games).
I think the problem is the Wii U has failed so badly that Nintendo have completely given up on trying to sell it & are happy just shifting the remaining stock at the same price until the NX releases.

lol a wii u with 32gb storage for £150...??? lmfao. This must be a joke. You can get a PS3 with 320gb for under £100/used. And that will give me tons more fun with more modern games available and plenty of great exclusives and of course accessories.

The Wii U right now shouldn't even cost higher than £100.

From Grainger games, you mean?
More modern games? You mean shooty games? :laughing:

ridiculous is fanboyism and intolerance of valid criticism.
just because wii u was the most used console in your household doesn't make it a flawless product.
for the record i've owned every single nintendo console in the past 20 years so I know what I'm talking about.
if wii u and it's tablet controller was that great then tell me why it's nintendo's worst selling home console of all time and a huge failure?
obviously I know I can use the Pro controller with SELECTED titles,and that's the issue,it's mandatory for some titles and definitely mandatory for system tasks.you cannot get rid of it.
anyways you like it,good for you but I and the majority found it a failed concept,poorly executed idea focused on gimmick.again some games are great,the console and that stupid tablet pad are not.

Hey guys if i buy this for the missus is this good value?.. the xbox one and ps4 don't seem to have any "girly" games she likes. The closest is ratchet and clank and The last of us but that's only 2 games for the ps4.. any suggestions? thanks in advance.

A new pad is £70, so you want the Wii U console for £30 ?
How about Nintendo throw in some food stamps and a free bus pass?

Barbie Horse adventure? Powerpuff girls? that sort of thing? Better off with a PC or tablet.

"Except that tablet controller sucks Donkey Kong's coconuts."

If this comment isn't ridiculous then I'm not sure what is. Everything you say after that is meaningless.

ahhh whatever..

On auction site, the sold prices in the last week for 32Gb with Mario Kart 8
are between £120 (no box) and £165 all boxed mint.

150 quid for what is essentially a dead console (and used/second hand at that) and 1 good game - no thanks.

Have you ever thought that maybe, since you've bought every console they've made for 20 years, you're no longer their target audience and the Wii U wasn't designed to please you? It's aimed at a family audience so encourages playing games together. The fact you have played many Nintendo consoles doesn't make your opinion any more valid than someone who has only ever played a Wii U. The Wii U suits some people & not others.

As far as the gamepad is concerned, it's required for some games but these games are very few - I can only think of Nintendo Land and ZombiU off the top of my head, but the gamepad is integral to these anyway. The requirement to use the gamepad to change system settings is not likely to affect you very often unless you love modifying system settings in your free time. The fact Nintendo didn't make the most of the controller is a valid criticism but the off-TV play function is an excellent idea which many people enjoy using.

Ew. Grainger Games. :-S

Only months away from the NX being released so I'd skip this. Even moreso that it's used (it's Grainger Games so obviously it would be).

Once again, various people not interested in Wii U come to a deal to criticise and complain. I have no interest in a PS4 or Xbox but feel no desire to go on those deals and criticise. I'm sure PS4 Xbox are great consoles.

If you want a Wii U enough, you'll buy one at the current price, if you don't want one fine, just move along.

A serious question here to you PS4 and Xbox owners, do Wii U owners make criticising comments on PS4 and Xbox deals? I wouldn't know as I don't read them.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, the question is why do you feel so strongly about criticising a deal that you are not interested in. I don't even bother to read deal comments for a product that doesn't interest me, I have better things to do with my time. I'm not having a go, just really don't understand it.

I saw a white Wii U complete for £70 at a Cash Generator store but even still I passed on it because the prices are bound to decrease even more.

​by that logic, the NX will always be a terrible price too, considering that the NX+1 will be coming out a few years after the NX... jeez man, live for the moment or you'll never live at all.

WUPC is a very good controller but it still has the top right analogue stick which is uncomfortable going from Xbox/PS/GameCube to that. That being said, I use exclusively Gioteck GC-2 which works perfectly on vWii and Wii U.

I think some people miss the point of this website... they vote hot because they have this console not for the price in the deal... its secondhand and ancient :\

Well if you are right and they do drop below £70, I'll pick up a 2nd one for the kids bedroom. Are there many stores actually selling new Wii Us now? It could become quite a rare product in time to come just like some of the games. I suspect Nintendo reduced their manufacturing output on them quite some time ago. I doubt there's many retailers with tons of stock to offload but maybe I'm wrong.

That logic is flawed. NX will actually be a new gaming system and cost between £250-300 whereas the Wii U it's on life-support with Paper Mario: Colour Splash and Zelda:BotW coming and that's about it, as far as Nintendo exclusives.

If I didn't already own a Wii U I'd wait for the NX to be released and then get one or get the NX.

The Wii U won't become a rarity, it's just another Nintendo console which is bound to lose its value. GameCube eventually decreased down to the £40s and less, N64 too and so the Wii. NES and SNES are the ones which hold their value.

So speaketh the gaming oracle! :wink:

I hope you're right, I'd like to pick up another one cheap, at least I'd have a spare Wii U and a spare Gamepad then. It's gonna take me years to play through all the games I've got.

All the games? The actual good ones are between just 20-30 tops. Unless you love to play shovelware then that's everything.

Not sure about you but 30 games will take me my lifetime to play and complete. Xenoblade Chronicles X is about 200 hours on its own from what I've heard and I haven't even started it yet.

No need to be sarcastic, I've been nothing but polite with every post I've made.

As a family man I only have so much free time to play videogames. I have 32 boxed games and at least as many downloads. And I don't have any duds as I always read reviews or try demos if available. Not to mention other decent ones I might pick up at some point. So far I've finished about 8 of them. And of course many of them such as Mario Kart, and Call of Duty can be played over and over with no end as such.

The Wii U has the gamepad - the screen can be damaged & it has an internal battery - so replacing the gamepad (or just the battery) will become more difficult in the future once manufacture has ceased & the Wii U is no longer on sale - so a fully working Wii U could potentially become rare in the future (depending how long you are willing to wait). Also, since it sold so poorly, there will be far fewer 2nd hand Wii U's around than Wii's which are worth very little since everyone has one (sitting in the same cupboard it's been in unused for the last 5 years).

Time will tell, I'm willing to accept that either of you may end up being correct. Some people though will not consider other points of view and always believe that their opinion is the only one that is right and all others are wrong.

Spisho likes to sit indoors playing computer games all day so he can go on message boards and pretend he's a gaming expert & brag about using 2nd hand 3rd party controllers while criticising other people for being Nintendo fanboys despite being some sort of misguided Nintendo fanboy/troll hybrid himself. I generally just try to ignore him, it's easier that way. :smiley:

We have a ps3 gathering dust. Same old same old, shoot em up, car racing games gta, nothing different.

More modern games tho, right? I mean, unless you had a PS2 of course. :wink:

Sad thing is that the Wii U is going to become increasingly rare as collectors get their hands on it, thus making second prices even more ludicrous.

I have a Wii U. It has some great games. But alas, and as you've already stated, the PS4 and XBox One offer better ROI.

Anyone reckon the games will become even cheaper now Wii U production ending is on the horizon? I need to play my Wii U. Tempted to stock up on games in case prices go up but I wouldn't even be playing them for a few months at least.

Black Friday / Xmas is your best bet. Also keep an eye out on HotUKDeals for deals every now and then.

March 2017 will also be a good time...

:laughing: In 12 months time when the average price for a used Wii U is £250... and me imagining the faces of all those people who incessantly posted "waiting for £99" ... ... Priceless! :smiley:

No. Wii U games are already pretty rare; they're only going to get rarer.

Maybe I could suggest some games for you?

Journey, Little Big Planet, Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter, Okami HD, Sly Cooper, Uncharted, The Last of Us, Demon's Souls, Ni No Kuni, God of War, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Infamous.

Might not all be to your cup of tea but to say the PS3 only has FPS games and racing games is really narrow minded.

Apple does get slack from people. Though it partly gets overlooked since it's viewed as a premium product. Nintendo on the other hand use cheap plastic. Both the hardware and the materials are cheap so some people can't justify spending similar prices as the competition for an inferior (hardware wise) product. Personally I've half-hoped to see this become cheaper for a while not wanting to pay the amount they've asked, but now I'm more interested in looking at the NX and see if I find it worth it. At least it'll be a new product more likely to be worth the price tag.

I've had more trouble with my apple products than any of my Nintendo products. My snes still works fine, although it has gone yellow. I doubt my ipad will still be working in 25 years.

I was going to get one (wii u) this xmas to play with my daughters. However managed to indefinitely borrow a standard wii from a family member, purchased a few extra remotes and Super Mario Bros Wii. Games likethis are great to play together with young kids. I also have an XB1.

So yea will probably look to get Wii u later next year to play the backlog of great mario games - 3d land, Super Mario U, Toad Tracker, Donkey Kong etc.

If this was new for this price I would buy , but these go on eBay for around this . Personally I still think that it's expensive and I am looking at it from a hardware perspective as most of this hardware in the wiiu costs next to nothing nowadays and that tablet controller that is still going for £70 is worth about £20 at most

Paid £180 for a new 32GB, with Mario Kart 8 and Wind Waker HD near two and half years ago.

This is the root of my issues with the current prices too. I bought a Wii U three years ago and paid £199.99 brand new and it came with two premium games. I wouldn't have paid £150 with one game second-hand then, let alone now.

your maths and economics are all wrong, unless you're confusing Nintendo with a charity.
replacement LCD screens are £20 for the table controller. and in context £10 for a joystick repair kit for a N64 controller.

But it's ok the Xbox One elite controller is 150 bucks I suppose?

We can only guess at the moment cant we? I reckon it will be delayed on top of what Nintendo have already penciled in, I bet we don't see it til spring 2017.
What do others think?

Funny that savvy posters would usually update these threads linking to another supplier to get a related product cheaper, yet for all the moaning about Wii U's price, this is the first thread Ive seen where nobody can offer a cheaper alternative.
Possibly save £20 by getting a filthy unboxed one off ebay and spend half an hour cleaning it.

if these should be £100 by now why are 3dsxl still going for £179.99 and that's been out for a while now probably also on its last legs.

i want a 3ds xl lol but not at those prices ( also why is taking to November jus to put out a console white a white and orange shell ) might as well keep holding off for the nx unless they want ridiculous prices at launch/ hopeful £300 with a game.

at least now i can go finish my xbox games having picked up and xb1 s , finish gears 4 / dead rising 4 and then hopefully by sheer luck nx will be on my door step lol

You can get a 7" tablet direct from China with better specs than that controller for next to nothing . There is no way just a led screen of that quality and resolution would cost £20 to manufacture ..
Looking at a tear down the whole tablet cost around £59 ish to build 3 years ago , but 3 years is a long time in tablet electronics

I agree,there are some real bitter fan boys here,defending Nintendo's mistakes..even when they themselves admitted them.it's funny and sad at the same time.:smile:
the Wii U was a flop.it has some good games,but the whole idea,concept and the time it was released was ALL wrong.hence why it failed so miserably.

Is there really enough good games to justify that price ? My old Wii hasn't been turned on in years :disappointed: Just sits in the corner all sad

No. Mario Kart 8 and Smash 4 are amazing but wait for the NX. If the NX is indeed a hybrid then it is going to have every main Pokémon, Zelda, Mario and Smash game.

There are some things in life I just genuinely don't understand, electricity, plumbing and now this. How the actual fork has this reached 470 degrees?!

If there is no cheaper alternative it doesn't logically follow that this has to be a hot deal. It may be that it is a rip-off everywhere.

Bought ours last Christmas and it has been the most used console in the house, such good fun and well worth £150!

I can't really understand how people are comparing this to the Xbox One price considering this comes with a fresh catalogue of games that you cant get on other consoles. Heat from me.

​either you have crossed wires or you got you pipes in a twist

Nintendo order parts in advance and in bulk.

There are plenty of cheap Chinese tablet game devices and knock off motion stuff. Some of them, Doogee, became quite good, but Im guessing the moaners here want to play Nintendo IP for crappy knock-off console prices?

But I gave the auction prices as an example. This deal is around the used market price.

Not really . i want old hardware for old hardware prices , if they actualy reduced the price of the console to nearer manufacturing cost (now) then more people would buy it and it would have sold a lot better. then i will pay the prices for the nintendo ip which arent cheap themselves and usualy still cost rrp 5 years in ( which i am not complaining about as there are about 5 games i would like to play)

I've voted hot based on the hours and hours that mine has been used. To be clear...do I think those endless hours of great entertainment are worth £150?
Yes I do.
How long it's been out it pretty irrelevant.

Nintendo stuff holds its value. Look at the 3DS games... Mario Kart still sells close to £20 on eBay.

how the dickens is this a hot deal? i bought a 2nd hand wii u with 8 games and accessories a year ago for £160....sold the games and accessories (other than MK)....ended up with a wii U and mk for £20!...still got bored with it and sold it on....

This will be £75 new in 6 months - cold.

Back under the bridge ya go!

The Wii U is "underdiscovered" as a consumer entertainment item imo. We've had one for two years more or less, and people are only just taking the handset out of the lounge when somebody else budges them off the TV.

I think it has a fantastic future ahead of it, and not only as an enthusiast machine.

Its not a ridiculous comment. I cant stand the gamepad so I bought the Pro controller(had the wii u 2 months and bought a load of games). Fantastic controller but I am getting so frustrated that of the games I have I often need to revert back to the gamepad.

Examples

Super mario 3D land(Some levels require the gamepad!) and you cant play them without. The even more annoying thing is these levels would work just fine without the gamepad!

Splatoon cant be played without the gamepad

Super Mario maker - Sometimes I just want to play some levels and not make any and I need to use the gamepad to get through the menus

NETFLIX - I need the gamepad! aaaargh. Then when im watching a movie in the dark I have a second screen playing the movie. This light is distracting, I have to put the gamepad facedown

I have a PS4 and love the fact I can push a button the controller and select a game. No messing about. With the wii u Im constantly frustrated searching for both controllers trying to start up a game and then I realise the gamepads out of charge...you get the picture. Dont get me wrong there are some fantastic games and I completely understand when people say they have had great use out of it but is this console worth £150, NOT A CHANCE. If you have waited this long, keep waiting.

Nintendo aren't the ones setting this price. Retailers are setting this price because they know that marking it further downwards doesn't result in enough people buying to make up for the shortfall in profits.

You're 100% wrong and just making up some points off the top of your head that are pure assumptions and not even based on anything resembling a fact. Nintendo sets the price it sells to retailers and sets the RRP. The retailer can then choose whatever price they actually want. Generally, unless they are running a short-term promo (like Tesco did this week with the xbox one S) the retailers won't lower the price they sell the console at until the manufacturer lowers the price they sell to retailers.

In pink from Nintendo for £119.99

Black Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Limited Edition - £149.99 - Amazon

Blue version - Amazon - £136.90

The non-New versions are getting harder to find at retail though

We're both correct. And you are also correct about the RRP. However, what I'm getting at is the big sale from a few years ago showed both Nintendo and retailers that even if you priced it at £99, you won't move enough units to make up for the profit shortfall (and there's no way Nintendo would charge retailers such low prices for new stock because they won't want to report an operating loss). So, they likely calculated it was better to keep things as they are. Not the best scenario of course but seems like the least worst one.

Fair enough, I hate getting into too much of a back and forth online so will leave this thread here. I just think that the negativity in this thread is summed up by people feeling like this should be cheaper by now. There has essentially been no price decrease for three years which just doesn't add up to most people. That combined with a general feeling that they could have minimised how bad of a failure the Wii U has been by realising it earlier and selling it cheaper. May have resulted in a slightly longer lifespan for the console and a few more releases for it. Knock on effect is with less copies of games out there it's always a high cost of entry to a late-comer to stock up on old games for this console.

I love nintendo games but they make so many dumb decisions (it's a testament to how good their games are that they are still successful in the grand scheme of things). I got rid of my Wii U because of a lack of games coming out and the absolutely terrible online platform.

Don't be silly.. Every man has his price :smiley:

It could be due to the fact that they're all consoles. It's a bit odd to say that we can't compare them because there's differences. Of course there's differences, that's why they're separate products being compared. Personally I don't understand people defending it keeping it's price. Practically everything else, especially in the electronics world falls in price in time. Of the product you're supporting is as awesome as people suggest, don't you want to share that with others that want something more affordable. There's not really much incentive for me to swap from my PC which is the biggest platform not as limited on what content can be designed for it.

If it was £150 New I'd say it'd be a deal. Especially when people are holding out for the NX. Something people have done since late last year.

I'm gonna get Paper Mario: Colour Splash if only to get out my Wii U and use it again. Also read that the game is fun so not as bad as Nintendo's showing it to be.

Not at full HD no, but I like that nintendo prioritise 60fps in many titles.

True. The original wii had price cuts and sold by the bucket load. I hope nintendo fire their chief sales exec, maybe he was hired from blackberry? Imagine if MS sold the original xbox one at its launch price of £400 still!

You can turn the Gamepad screen off when not using it, no need to turn the Gamepad upside down!

thanks but its the new 3ds xl model i'm after, and as i have credit to uses up with another retailer im screwed, theres no way though im paying over £180 for a handheld without any games thats probably going to be out the door by next spring after Yoshi and pikmin drop.

I may as well struggle on a wait for this nx reveal lol now i have xbox back again i have to finish tomb raider, gears 4, halo 5 and dead rising 4 so hopefully that should numb the pain a bit lol

By this logic, why not sell the Xone for £1.... they would sell 300 million... right? :laughing:

There was a Tesco direct code deal here - http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/new-nintendo-3ds-xl-144-tesco-direct-2512193 £144 with code.

Wait so you are actually accepting the fact that nintendo included the most unnecessary, useless controller in the history of gaming to put the price up?

​yep. don't buy the new Nexus phone or iPhone this year either, wait until next year. or the year after. or maybe the year after.

this year's iPhone and Nexus are released this year.Wii U was released 4 years ago,so it's a very valid consideration to wait for the NX which will be released in few months time,specially when second hand Wii U still £150.

Buy a ps4/xbox for "her" but you use mainly/ Buy her something else girly!

Yep. iPhones and Androids are a yearly thing. Nintendo consoles aren't, Ninty may release a "Mini" like they did for the Wii but that's a garbage model no one wants except for collectors.

I'm tempted to buy another. I sold mine early this year but I miss it a lot.

Dont have one yet but you also have all original wii games that can be played as well and there was dome great games on it, mario galaxy was brill