JRPGfan said:
MS removed Kinect from their consol and cut down prices by alot. Its time Nintendo does the same.... time to remove the gamepad and sell the consol 100$ cheaper than it currently is being sold. Let games that use the gamepad get a sticker *needs gamepad, and sell the gamepads separately from the consol itself. right now: 299$ for wii U with gamepad. What consumer want: 199$ Wii U (without gamepad) *****cutting the gamepad saves them maybe 60$+ ( ~80$ gamepad vs maybe ~20$ pro controller), that ontop of a price cut of around 40$, and you could see a 100$ cheaper version of the Wii U selling in stores. Sales would go up alot, even if they sell each unit at 40$ less than they do today,
software sales would more than make up for it.
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If Nintendo has good (or even big) 3rd party support, cutting the gamepad could work well. But they don't and a big part of Nintendo's games are damaged or broken without the gamepad.
If Nintendo could cut out the gamepad (game / PR wise), then they would have done so. That way they could have prevented some big losses.