Not trusting Gameseek... They've ruined their reputation with all the mis-prices and cancelled orders.

In other Nintendo news. The originally Wii U exclusive Lego City Undercover is coming to PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch in Spring 2017.



Former Wii U exclusive Lego City Undercover coming to PC [Link]

Fab! Gamesuck has been always good selling virtual stock and now getting preorders on a device which has not been officially announced for preorders! Now people give your money away to them starting from today (they'll charge you upon placing order).

By "they", do you mean Nintendo? The chaps who launched the Wii for £180? And the Gamecube for £130?

The Wii-U was their only "expensive" console to date, with even their basic model, at £250, being £70 more than its predecessor. And given its market performance, I'm not sure that they'll be repeating the Wii-U's price again. Surely it'll be £180-200.

Yep I am eating humble pie as it appears they did come through for everyone that pre-ordered the grey ones back in November,

At least my cynicism can snatch some credibility back with how they handled their Neon edition 'event' the other day, bit more like the usual Gameseek form many of us have become accustomed to. It appears by all accounts only a tiny amount of people who registered to be notified for the red and blue Switch deal got them at that price, far more like a lottery it would seem, blimey they even inserted 'golden ticket' in the subject box of the notification mails I saw written.

At the start of the week I was kicking myself for not jumping on this deal back then but over the past couple of days I have found myself relieved and glad that I didn't. The various teething problems with scratched screens when docking, the joycon bluetooth issue, no system exclusive software as such and the biggest ione of all for me having read many reviews which is I'm feeling this as a seriously powerful handheld but a rather weak home console

I'm happy to hold tight to wait and see what other titles are coming, when they do start coming out I'm looking for a decently priced bundle with a top game and pro controller lobbed in to jump on board.

Got mine which came with a certificate that says congratulations for being part of an historic event for preordering a switch for £198.50.
They want us to post a pic of ourself's with the certificate and switch and they will put it on the site, of course I won't do that but thanks for honouring a deal for once Gameseek

Mine got sent but I'm currently on holiday for another 6 days so missed the delivery by dpd. I'm hoping a neighbour takes it in on redelivery. But fair play to gameseek they honoured the price. Gone right up in my estimations..... I did order very early though.... Pretty much before it was posted on hukd so may have just been lucky

Did anyone get there's?

Payday tomorrow!, Been waiting for stock all this week and have registered for stock alerts. Does anyone know when to expect stock or even if this price will remain or stand just for just the first preorder batch?

A wee quick search on google will show you they have form for not being the brightest on that front.

From my own personal experience I've been on the phone to them and had one of their CS agents assure me he was doing my refund as we spoke for it never to materialise, hence I piped up to Paypal.

Got to also mention they didn't refund the full cost of my postage when I had to return an Amiibo reader I bought from them. I was as good as living over in Austria at the time and they shafted me on that. Like somewhere in their T+C's there was some clause stating they only pay up to a certain amount toward return postage costs for faulty items regardless of the actual charge incurred over the Post Office counter.

And last but by no means least, during that period I was over in Austria I bought a load of various reduced Amiibo off them which I had delivered to my home address here in England. Bought them as the listings suggested they was all the numbered European packaging editions of Super Smash figures but that was not quite the case when they arrived. As the missus was not prepared to do all the running about required in returning the ones that didn't match up to my geeky collector's OCD I never even bothered doing anything about it.

And there you have it, plenty straight from the horse's mouth to prove Gameseek are actually a bit two bob!

So if Mr Stephen Staley or any of his CS minions wish to pull me to verify anything and everything I've just said feel free.......my inbox is open for your DM anytime :man:

Trash them publicly on social media and newspapers/sites. Nothing worse than a retailer promising one thing and not doing it. Very unlikely to happen in this case though, if they didn't want to do it would have been far easier for them to quietly cancel the pre-orders, would be especially stupid for them to promise to honour them and then not, not impossible, but very stupid thing for them to do....

And if they don't come through?

Geez give them a break, if they come through they have saved a lot of people £80, I'd say that buys a bit of harmless self promotion.

Isn't the whole point of HUKD saving money anyway...

Retailers are NOT permitted to promote their business through self-promotion. Gameseek has directly come here to advertise their preorders. A mod should look at that comment and remove the unnecessary bits!

Ditto. I made this damn thread and I'm gutted I never pre-ordered at this price :disappointed:

Weren't so keen to honour the refund/replacement you promised me over the phone THREE times when my Yoshi's Wooly World went AWOL in transit the other year though were you?

I ended up having to raise it with Paypal!

That said if you ship out a Switch on launch day to EVERY customer who pre-ordered with you honouring that price I'll stand corrected, eat humble pie and throw myself at your feet begging forgiveness.

Great they have honoured this. Have to admit I really wish I had pre-ordered with them now but having £200 tied up for all that time and the fact I thought the RRP would be £200 anyway deterred me, should have gone for it. :disappointed:

That said I would never buy it at £280. I think £200 was the right price for this system and Nintendo will struggle to attract all but the most die hard Nintendo fans at £280....

Hi HUKD Forum.
We can confirm the price has been honoured. This is the message sent to our consumers yesterday;

Thankyou for your Nintendo Switch Pre-Order.
I hope you are as excited as we are about the launch of this innovative new console.
The Nintendo Switch price has recently been revealed and it was much higher than we expected. £279.99

I wanted to confirm that your pre-order is safe and we will be honouring the pre-order price of £198.50.

***************************************************************

Today we have added some exciting new pre-order titles to the website. The most popular titles are:

Zelda: Breath of the Wild: http://www.gameseek.co.uk/pd/VideoGamesapzn5cqjra/
and
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: http://www.gameseek.co.uk/pd/videogamesamkrkf4sku/

For a full list; head over to the Nintendo Switch GameSeek homepage: http://www.gameseek.co.uk/nintendo-switch

We will be adding more products this coming week to the Switch page so please check back often.
Here at GameSeek we will continue to improve. Our aim is to provide the highest level of service possible. We hope that your experience with us is a pleasant one and hope we can be of service to you in the future. As a valued customer we will do absolutely everything we can to give you the most competitive price and the best possible shopping experience we can.

We hope you consider us for your future gaming needs.

Sincerely,
Stephen Staley
GameSeek CEO

Web site: http://www.gameseek.co.uk
GameSeek Ltd, Unit 16 Premier Park, Road One, Winsford Industrial Estate, Winsford, Cheshire. CW7 3PH

Anyone on here actually pre-ordered through Gameseek? Have you had any contact from them?

Just keep an eye on this thread because you know Gameseek will be mailing every single person who handed 200 quid over to them six weeks ago.

In that mail they'll be informing them they've only been able secure minimal stock at that price so they have a choice of accepting a full refund or hand over another 80 quid to get their hands on the console.

It's just what two bob Gameseek do :smirk:

Gutter that I didn't even see this deal

Really pleased for those that pre-ordered. Good on Gameseek IF they come through. I've just had a negative experience where they cancelled a hard drive I ordered with zero explanation and no reply to my contact (yet) but hopefully that was just a one off.

Personally considering how far behind the PS4/Xbox One the Switch hardware is in terms of raw performance I really think £200 should be the standard price for the Switch. On reading another thread about the Switch Pro controller being £65, I fear Nintendo may well be pricing it beyond what many consumers will pay.

Personally, considering the portable aspect is of zero interest to be (apart from being an admittedly clever feature) and it trails first gen Xbox One and PS4, released some three years ago, it would have to be £150 or less before I'd buy one but I am sure it will see good first party games regardless and I will no doubt buy one at some point, just probably not for the first couple of years....

Gameseek are notorious for making excuses @ dispatch
I haven't pre ordered from them myself but after investigating this post i found on the internet loads of unhappy customers not getting pre-ordered
Now in the world of retail complaints and errors do exist but not @ that extent,
Step one of three is Gameseek confirming you get this price im not saying no one will get a console but im expecting them to let down many of the people who did pre order at this price.
For me amazon is worth the £80 more for the guarantee if your a dead set Nintendo fan and was getting the console (almost) no matter what.
Congrats to the people who will receive the console though and i hope gameseek prove me wrong and fulfil all the pre orders @ that price :smiley:

Props to the people who kept their pre-order. Looks like you'll be getting a great deal now.

It's a far more reasonable price for the Switch, really. I'm sure it'll sell-out of its initial stock regardless of the price, but in the long-term, £280 for a base console, with no games, paid-for online subscription, a console that is only just more powerful than a PS3, £100+ controller replacements and the usual stagnation that occurs with third-party support with a new Nintendo console = recipe for another failure like the Wii U.

But hey, I'm sure Breath of the Wild will be amazing, so it has that.

Apparently they are going to honour this. Gutted I didn't order now, I assumed it was going to be £200 across the board so waited

http://www.gameseek.co.uk/video-gaming-news/2795/gameseek-honouring-%C2%A3198.50-nintendo-switch-pre-orders

Yeah - people who ordered this got a bargain if they come through.

It's going to be interesting to see if they will honour now we know it's at least £270 if you consider other company preorders price bracket.

I pre-ordered this. Then decided to cancel as I'd rather get a bundle.
They cancelled the order but after 3 weeks now, I still don't have a refund.
They keep saying it has been done/ will be done etc. Total BS.

​I know what you mean but it puts me off them. I would still love a Nintendo console only so I could play Mario even though I am xbox player

Alza is normally cheaper than elsewhere for console prices. If they're selling it for £264 then I guess the real RRP is around £299.

Well, Alza has it for £264. GameSeek has the Switch on pre-order for a fantastic price.

also find it suspicious that no other retailer has posted there prices if this was real and not another gameseek "mistake" you find that all other retailers give there price within a matter of a few hours

Please can you put the link up?

Will be ordering a truck load of these Nintendo have a track record of low supply so buy 3 and get yours for free

PS4 Pro in US is $400 and here it's £350 so those calculations of yours are wrong.

I'd be very surprised if any retailer has a clue about their allocation numbers yet, so paying upfront (at this stage) isn't for me I'm afraid.

​toys r us canada priced it at $290 Canadian which would make it $250. It'll be £250 when it gets here.

Cold. Do not give Gameseek money.

SAD

Ban Gameseek from having any more deals posted on HUKD for this shameless and somewhat ridiculous stunt.

Do you know how defensive fanboys can be? Don't be too sure of that.

Literally no one is thinking that about Lego Undercover.

Learned my lesson buying xbone on launch day. This will be £99 by Christmas 2017 :sunglasses:

If its anything like the NES Classic, GameSeek will take over 1000 preorders then only get less than 50. Sucks, doubly so if you pay up front.

Good price for the console. I expect other retailers will also sell at below £200 and if not then it sounds like they will cancel orders and sell at a higher price so there's really no reason for anybody to line Gameseek's bank accounts for the next few months.

If it was a mainstream company like Tesco (payment on order) or Amazon (payment before dispatch) then it would be acceptable to order now.

Had a look on a couple of sites and seems its true giving refunds still taking orders ,as usual will take them weeks to refund and in that time they will get interest on that money they need to be banned again and for good this time, a cancer on gaming

New PS4s were £150 a couple weeks ago so it's not just used ones.

Yet they're still accepting pre-orders. GameSeek shouldn't have been unbanned.

A Nintendo page has stated that Gameseek have issued refunds

​Really? A new console/handheld from Nintendo is less then a 2nd hand ps4 and your saying it's expensive?

WTF! This is literally the first time I've seen it.. :0 got to love Nintendo for doing something different :smiley:

People must be crazy taking a risk like this, Payment up front? No thanks, dont fancy having to beg the bank to refund me if they fold

Anyone pre-ordering this 'deal' from these wrong'uns might as well donate their dough to bin Laden's orphans instead, at least it'll be going to a more worthy cause :smirk:

Thanks. Brilliant prices being quoted if true! :smiley:

As of now it has 592º heat but has anyone really purchased it from GameSeek? Make sure to pay with Paypal if you do.

I guess I was exagerating a bit. I've got a decent collection for the Wii U and I've enjoyed most of the first party titles when they came out. It's just a shame there's been some big lulls in the timeline with no new good games for it. Plus the fact that the Zelda game was delayed and is not coming out for the switch too, which means I'll either have to fork out for a console or knowingly play a worse version like I did with Twilight Princess back on the Gamecube.

Good point Batman! I guess everyone should wait until March for this.

I'll also echo Gameseek being utterly, utterly useless. Every now and then I'd try them to see if they were better, but they've only fulfilled one order, going back to Brawl being released on the Wii.

This is coming in quite expensive compared to the PS4.

Should be cheaper next year after the Christmas rush settles.

I've got no clue pal. Don't know how they work but one thing I know is that as a customer I've been so many disappointed and for that reason I'll try my best to keep other potential buyers away from them by sharing my experience. And well, I'm not the only one here!

Need to see the launch lineup first... sounds like I will have played the majority of the games on my Wii U anyway!!

Guess I'll stick with my Wii U and all the Wii games it plays for the next 12 months then. This will not play any of them.
Then see what the bundle prices drop to next Christmas if the take up is good and if more games are released.

You need to get some more great games for your Wii U. It's more than just a MK8 console.

It's a really creative and novel idea, just like the Wii & Wii U with its controllers.
I think the lack of processing power, graphics power and storage will stop big sales.
But that's Nintendo for you. Innovate and cutting edge, but lower powered.

yup ^ ^ ^

Do you think Gameseek put all the of the money that people throw at them into a high interest account, and then refund it later whilst living off the interest?

What is it?

Seems like a good price. Hopefully it gets supported better than the Wii U I dust off for Mario Kart every few months.

It was intended to be that lol. It came out like that whilst typing the sentence so went with it.

Also theres no way on planet earth that gameseek are honoring this. Your paying for their Christmas party. And when they don't and seen as i'm 5-10 mins away from them i will accept donations to go and chain myself to their gates on your behalf.

I have my eyes on the Wind Waker HD bundle because of the Zeldaish GamePad. I'd buy 4-5 or more of those if they'd go on sale for £100 or so.

generally ranty. want an insider rumor? tomorrows thursday. There you go. I swear the insider rumor thing is getting ridiculous. I saw one the other day saying that the early switch games were going to include a mario game, a zelda game etc and i thought yeah, thats totes normal.

Rock on Nintendo, keep making fun stuff

Ordered. thanks op
I've never had a problem with GameSeek, I've ordered loads of software and hardware from them in the past,often getting the games a day or two before release. heat added :smiley:

£200 is the same price as an xbone or ps4 so why wouldn't it be the same price to compete??????
I personally would wait instead of rushing in too early, especially as you have to pay up front. Company has a bad Xmas or already see it on the cards and shut up shop with a load of extra cash.....its hardly unheard of :wink: I would assume though that if you used a credit card you would be covered by the bank just in case.

​isnt that a meatloaf song ???

Good price but Gameseek are TERRIBLE with delivery times. Have used them twice before due very low prices on some items but both times delivery took over a week. Not falling again... :neutral_face:

Not sure why people are doubting the £200 price so much. The apparent leak from Game said £200 and £250 SKUs. The Canadian preorder was 330 Canadian dollars, which is £196. There's more 'evidence' pointing to £200 than any other price point.

Nintendo have named this as a 'home console'. Hybrid or not, making it more expensive than an Xbox One S or PS4 Slim would surely doom it to failure? Unless some people are like the NeoGAF members who are expecting an Xbox One Lite, that's a fraction of the size, with costs for battery and screen to be considered too!

The value of the console will only increase. Not enough units in the wild, too many Nintendo fans wanting a piece of the pie now that Nintendo have stopped production, and it's kind of rare.

Prices for the console and games will only increase as time goes on.

Which I believe it will drop in value too which is why I said I could get £600+ for my Wii U and it's games and accessories... (meaning at their current rates). My guess though is some games will hold or increase in value over time. The Wii U console value will drop very soon as people will sell for the switch.

Right but that's a whole list of games and extras....

the console is worth less than it was when it came out... simple...

The Wii U has done well... and some of the games and stuff have held its value...

but console itself hasn't done brilliantly and id say the value will now start to drop.

nice price but am not putting money up front for a console.

I wouldn't buy this. At this price, it'll be the base model with no games or any extras. I'd wait until the official price and bundles are revealed.

never had an issue with gameseek but waiting to hear more about pricing & that as my wii & wii U both get used for quite a few hours on a daily basis

What a load of nonsense. You've been proved wrong simple. Nintendo hold their prices playstation and xbox do not. I can 100% guarantee I can get £600+ on what I hold for the Wii U.

Edit: and yet my point is I wouldn't sell it as that's not what I do. I still have the original NES and SNES etc.

Another Nintendo machine about 3 years too late to market. It's basically an Nvidia Shield with Nintendo branding, a machine which nobody bought because it's in a niche nobody really cares about. Between full on home consoles and mobile gaming which everybody prefers to do on their tablet or phones already. Oh well.

if this is going to be the price then I'm in!

My collection of ps4 stuff would fetch all broken up £1000 easy....

I could list prices of all my consoles and the assorted junk that some people still pay for...

its nothing to do with it holdings its price and your WII U would currently fetch about £175 maybe a tad more... maybe tad less...

not sure its relevance to Gameseek wanting to rob you of 200 notes for months on end.......

As an open-minded gamer, I don't want Nintendo hardware junk. I want them to go third party. And if they stubbornly don't, it's no great loss on my part. Far too many other developers ready to take my money.

Lol even if I took a loss at £35 my point is I'd clear £600 easy on what I've got.

Ordered a PSVR from Gameseek in March. On release day i rang and they told me i wasn't getting one and they'd known for months.

Basically this : if you order it from gameseek - YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR ORDER

That Limited Edition isn't worth much, maybe for the exception of the steelbook. The Star Fox cap is cool but moreso of a collector's item (not many gamers would wear it).

Star Fox Zero - £14.99 (HMV)
Star Fox Guard - £18-20 (Disc edition - usual prices sold for on eBay)

Unfortunately SFG disc release was exclusive to the Limited Edition pack so there's no UKV cover for it.

If it's £200 at launch then the price is good and I hope it sells well! Just the battery life and charging that's the mystery, hopefully a minimum of 8-10 hours and usbc charging. I'd definitely be interested.

Gameseek, the second biggest reason to drop a nuke on Winsford for :smirk:

What a vermin outfit they are

Well let's just say the Wii U premium console alone will fetch £150 easy. I have 3 wii u pro controllers all fetching £25 each. So currently at £225. I have as stated the limited edition star fox with cap which will fetch minimum of £50. So we are at £275. Now I have a Mario and a Luigi wiimotes which would fetch £20 each. So now we're at £315. This doesn't factor in the 40+ games all which hold value. Included original box art from Donkey Kong, Mario 3d world, pikmin 3..etc etc. Included in those games are every popular high priced game you can think of... so yes would get over £600 but who's counting...?

You could say that. :man:

They will definitely be stingy on the storage for the base model, got to push people to pay the extra. Reckon it will probably be 16GB with 64GB in the improved one, so long as it takes a 256GB SD and runs them full speed the 64GB isn't too bad.

Gonna wait for the Games bungle. Hopefully and extra dock will be sold separately

I gather you've been getting a few NES Minis... yes? :stuck_out_tongue:

Slight correction. You're partially right. But on a per unit basis, not long after launch they made a profit with every Wii U unit sold. The losses came primarily from Operating Costs. Not loss from sales.

Don't mind this price point and I imagine it's a really good price point for many. Looking forward to more information in January. Got some Amazon vouchers I'll use to fund this purchase

I see this a fair bit but I had loads of digital purchases before I needed to upgrade my storage. 32GB lasted me for maybe 2 years. By which time I had dozens and dozens of digital purchases.

Not saying it's perfect but I do feel it was adequate based on the way games used storage on the Wii U (nearly not at all for disc games).

I agree with you but the storage is something that worries me. The WiiU only had 32GB and that was a terrible move by Nintendo, thankfully SD cards of large capacities are sold at reasonable prices now but for a console that cost me basically £250 it should've had much more.

Even the Wii U released as the cheapest console of it's generation, PS4 was £350 and the XB1 was £429. The XB1 is probably the better comparison too as the high rate was similarly due to including a controversial bit hardware, much like the pad for the Wii U. If they had re-released without the pad for more like £150 before the others came out it might have been a more popular system.

gameseek are probably in need of a bit of cash flow

If I can play Zelda on the train on the daily commute I am going to be very happy...but what will the battery life be like?

Thought Gameseek were banned here

You had it gold plated or you really expecting Brexit to hit the value of the pound hard...

will a Loaf of bread be £50 too...

It is just as likely this is Nintendo's way to combat the ever rising development costs and lower market share by having larger teams rolling out a similar number of titles.

the nintendo switch is very similar to the nvidia shield tablet so £200 for the base model isnt out of the question

As far as the deal is concerned though, hold your horses. If it is too low Gameseek will cancel, if it is as rumoured you have just saved £1.50 paying 4 months early with no idea what better offers will appear between now and then.

If you had ever used the N64 Transfer Pak to play Pokémon on your TV you would get the hype. If you don’t want to use it as a portable leave it docked and buy a Pro controller. All of Nintendo’s 3DS and Wii U devs focusing on one piece of hardware, I can’t wait. This thing will have more exclusives than any other console in history. Pokémon on a home console, I never thought I’d see the day.

Roughly speaking the hardware is an updated version of the Shield TV which was sold with a quality pad for £150 on release, that was at a profit for Nvidia. This has added a screen, a battery, a dock and the pad is a bit cleverer, but £200 for the basic package with minimal storage and no games sounds about right to me. If it is not at that sort of level it hasn't got a hope IMO, people just won't pay as much for a portable console regardless of dock,

The power will be lower than an Xbox One or PS4, but more than a Wii U/PS3/360. I reckon the gap to PS4 will be like the gap between the Vita and PS3 were it can run similar games with a couple of tweaks and a lower resolution, provided anyone ports them.

because they just cant compete with sony and microsoft with a normal console and the handheld market has always been Nintendos thing so you are getting the best of borth worlds here, just because it can be used as a handheld does not mean you have to

Looking forward to this console!! Maybe not from Gameseek but still, at that price point I can see it selling a lot of units and Nintendo finally becoming a console competitor again

why can't they just bring out a normal console instead of this, I love Nintendo but this being portable is not appealing at all

Source? Link?

even if it wasn't pay now i would not trust gameseek there price guarantee as about as good as politicians promise, hope amazon or someone will have it up at this price if it is day one purchase for me, with amy luck this price point will help in sales, find it funny its cheaper than the wii u which is old tech

By "they", do you mean Nintendo? The chaps who launched the Wii for £180? And the Gamecube for £130?

The Wii-U was their only "expensive" console to date, with even their basic model, at £250, being £70 more than its predecessor. And given its market performance, I'm not sure that they'll be repeating the Wii-U's price again. Surely it'll be £180-200.

I bought the Wii U at its perfect purchase point. Console price went down and all games have at one point dropped to a giveaway price. Those days are gone so unless you get people who sell up to buy this my guess is prices will never be worth it.

Yeah pretty much exactly how I felt about it. Can't see Nintendo missing out on the chance to port all the games over to the Switch if it's popular so pretty much RIP Wii U it seems

I agree, I have felt bad missing out on so many Nintendo games by not having a Wii U but it's always been kinda hard to justify actually buying one cos they've been looking obsolete for a while now. Especially since the NX / Switch has been a thing and they announced new Zelda would be on both.

GameSeek have a history of just pulling the plug on orders and then forgetting the whole thing happened.

The only guarantee that they have on this is:
- If the item comes out below the price, then you can have the item.
- If the item comes out above the price, then your order will be canceled.

I'd wait and order at somewhere reputable. At some point, you'll be able to preorder this for the correct price. If you're actually interested in this, then you'll be able to get yourself on a preorder list.

There's this > All the good WiiU games have been ported to other consoles and especially now with the Switch so hardly any reason to get a WiiU anymore. Unless you're a Nintendo fan/collector that prefers the original releases and how they were originally intended to be played.

And if you think about it financially, you could flip it years later because the GamePad is essential to the WiiU and without it a good amount of its games won't work properly neither accessing the settings.

All the good WiiU games have been ported to other consoles and especially now with the Switch so hardly any reason to get a WiiU anymore. Unless you're a Nintendo fan/collector that prefers the original releases and how they were originally intended to be played.

Is there any reason to buy a Wii U now? I think I know the answer but wonder what anyone else thinks. If the Wii U dropped to £150 on black friday for example

No, i haven't, if one comes up on Friday i will bite, but otherwise i will stick with my old consoles NES/SNES/MEGADRIVE/GAMEBOY, the Wii U was just clumsy if im honest, the touchscreen tech was seriously dated on release and the release titles weren't great, i've been jealous ever since though with regards to the games that have been released, i've always been a fanboy at heart. One side note, does anyone else that owns or owned an Xbox one get seriously fed up with the huge game updates which were always mandatory?

Wow... Wasn't expecting it that cheap at launch

Some WiiU owners probably aren't happy that their favourite console is yet again losing another exclusive. As an open-minded gamer I see this as a good move from WB Games.

In other Nintendo news. The originally Wii U exclusive Lego City Undercover is coming to PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch in Spring 2017.



Former Wii U exclusive Lego City Undercover coming to PC [Link]

I would wait to see the details on the rumoured bundles before committing to this. The extra storage, bundled game and accessories would be much better value

Cheers for that, Meat Loaf.

Have you not got the Wii U then?

The early days of Wii were like that. It was out of stock everywhere and people were buying them for more than the RRP.

I've admittedly been buying all the cheap stock of a Nintendo product I know I can flip so it's worth a gamble.

Also very strange, if gameseek sources are correct, it would point to one edition being released and not two editions (Standard and Premium) this would make sense, and having a single edition avoid confusion, especially when parents are ordering it.

£199 for the base model so this makes a lot of sense. I plan to get the £250 rumoured one with a pack in (looks like it'll be Splatoon).

I've done the opposite for the Xbox one, games leave you feeling both underwhelmed and just really un-inspiring, it may be a different case for PS4 owners, but i've sold my XB1 and going for the Nintendo Switch, as the SNES was the best console i've ever owned and their games are undeniably original and just fun to play, also the new Zelda looks outstanding.

Hmmm if they're as low stock as the NES mini you could probably flip it on ebay for a grand in the first few weeks :smirk:

Hopefully there'll be other choices than Splatoon. Already have that on WiiU and not a big fan of Splatoon.

Rumoured to be £199 basic SKU and £249 premium SKU with Splatoon.

A what in a who now?

If I wasn't charged now I would

Lol I'll take that just for starfox limited edition boxset with the Cap lol.

I could probably sell my Wii U and it's games and accessories for £600+ but I won't do that..... No I won't do that.....

Hmm, looking forward to this, but absolutely NO CHANCE I am paying (4 months!) in advance - what a cheek!

Great price if this is right. Cheaper than the Wii U at today's price!

I'm going to be honest here, I must of detached myself away from the Nintendo consoles over the pasts few months. I didn't even know this was on the cards. Just watched the advertisement. Oh my! I really like it.

For people doubting the price, this is entirely in line with the insider rumours earlier this month

Basically £200 isn't a bad price but I'm willing to pay more for at least to come with one game.

I've been burned by gameseek on so many orders that I would never pre-order a thing off them.

I would not expect them to honour if it's more then a few pound difference,
they have never done so in the past.......(card declined excuse)

Tesco price war incoming. Would not be surprised if it goes for £179 by launch.

All rumours were pointing to £199 for the basic so this price is no surprise.

so excited

We'll just have to sit tight now and hope for that (what seems to be) expected £200 RRP. Let's hope so, eh? :smiley:

Looks like £199 is the norm, so going to hold-off for now, especially as it's Gameseek!

Alongside Grainger Games, Gameseek must be the grubbiest games retailer in the UK. You'd be mad to pre-order with them.

I'd also be very surprised if their pre-order price guarantee amounts to anything in the event that this isn't the launch price. They'll cancel your order claiming no stock or something, and then take 3 months to refund you.

If this does turn out to be the launch price, then you'd be better off ordering just about anywhere else.

Isn't it basically an Nvidea Shield tablet?

how can they take on order if the pricing isn't confirmed? Is this basically a price announcement?

I think they actually came out and said they will not be making a loss on the console, that's not there business or something along them lines.

When I seen Argos listed it for £299 I thought it was expensive but maybe inline with what Nintendo would want to charge. I agree and think £250 will be the price just for the console however if it's £199 I'll be made up!!

The rumours from Laura Dale suggest it'll sit around £200 for the regular unit or £250 for the 'Premium' version, both of which seem like good prices to me. I think paid about £230 for my 3DS and Vita on release.

After the Gameseek debacle regarding mispriced games a few months back, I'm sure they'll put emails out to say this was a mistake.

Easy to cancel preorder does anyone know?

Fab! Gamesuck has been always good selling virtual stock and now getting preorders on a device which has not been officially announced for preorders! Now people give your money away to them starting from today (they'll charge you upon placing order).

I'm gonna wait a tad closer to release. Wondering what the £250 bundle will be. Also, a confirmed games release on launch.

I genuinely laughed out loud at that. Nintendo could lose a football match they were 6-0 up at in the 89th minute. Look at the Wii U, it's price point NEVER dropped and they still managed to lose around $49 million on the Wii U.

Personally I don't see the Switch retailing at anything less than £250 as a solus console and up to £350 with games. It's just the way they work. Don't get me wrong, it would be brilliant, but it's highly unlikely.

I think the hardware is more expensive than the £200 price-point, and if that's the case, Nintendo must surely be making a loss on each unit sold.

It's the only way that the Switch is going to retail for £200. Either that, or Nintendo are going to skimp out by using awful cheap parts.

I also seen Argos listed it a while back for £299 preorder!

There is going to more than one SKU, this will probably be the console with no game bundled in.

i also thought pre orders might leak a little more info spec wise but i guess not.

That's not the only downside, unfortunately, but I'll let mixmixi fill you in on that.

I'm interested to see the actual RRP on the Switch, because I genuinely thought we'd be looking at around £250+, iirc Tesco leaked it on-site when it was still dubbed the NX for around £330. Toys R Us in Canada listed it briefly for $329.99 CDN. So let's see how good Gameseek and their pre-order price promise actually is :smiley:

Heated, great find and thanks for sharing.

what a great price!

hmm surprising, i thought it was going to be pricier than that. And gameseek aren't known for being cheap so it might still get better than this.

Not trusting Gameseek... They've ruined their reputation with all the mis-prices and cancelled orders.

If only they didn't pre-charge. :/

So it begins.

Nah, I think I'll wait till the announcement on 13th Jan

Fantastic find, even if it just confirms the price to be more than a rumour!