zorg1000 said:
Its not just price that matters but also competitors price. Gamecube was always cheaper than its competitors by $50-100, for the first year Wii U was $50-100 more expensive than its competitors. Going into next year it will be $100-200 cheaper than its competitors and if possible I say they drop the price to $250 for the NSMBU/Luigi bundle and release a $300 Mario Kart 8+Nintendo Land+Wiimote/Wii Wheel bundle in April. With the casuals leaving Nintendo, that pretty much leaves just Nintendo core franchises to do all the work and in the first year for Wii U that was pretty much just 2D Mario/Luigi and 3D Mario. There was also a 10 year old Zelda remake and the extremely niche Pikmin. So as far as big hitters go it was all Mario this year and even he cant push a $300+ console on his own. Donkey Kong/Mario Kart/Smash Bros are some of Nintendos biggest hitters and they will help Mario to give Wii U a nice selection of Nintendo system sellers and thats when smaller Nintendo titles can thrive, once the install base is at a respectable level. U have to remember Gamecube had Smash Bros, Luigi Mansion, Pikmin, 3D Mario, Star Fox, Metroid Prime, Animal Crossing and $50-100 cheaper than comp in its first year vs 2D Mario/Luigi, 3D Mario, Pikmin and Wind Waker and $50-100 more expensive than comp in its first year. So while Wii U started out worse than Gamecube, it def has more room for improvement. |
I'm not so sure that a cheaper price will have much of an impact. The first pricecut did very little, and there are many bundles already available. A lot of people still see WiiU on the same graphical level as PS3 or 360, consoles they can get for only $200. Consumers are already proving that they are willing to pay the extra $100-200 to get a "true" next gen console. (I'm not saying that the WiiU isn't next gen, just that most people still see it as so) I'm sure Mario Kart and Smash will push consoles, but I don't think it will be to the extent people are hoping for. Right now I'm thinking the WiiU will do 25-30 million units lifetime. Wii U successor will be announced 2016, released in 2017.
Sigs are dumb. And so are you!