Nintendo is yet to announce an event that will detail the launch and price point of the Wii U. We know that event is going to happen, but have no concrete info as to when. Perhaps GameStop's supposed information points to a timeframe.

According to information that supposedly comes from a GameStop manager, we'll be able to preorder the Wii U during the first week of September. It's totally plausible that we could preorder the system and still not have that price point/launch info, but one would think that the event would happen and then preorders would open the next day.