the Wii U is not getting replaced this year, guys

[Thunderbird77]

Wyrdness said:

Thunderbird77 said:

It indicates they will cut the price when it can remain very profitable even after the cut.

 

Except they happily cut the price of the 3DS when problems arose, ask yourself this what other Nintendo platform 4 years in didn't recieve a price cut keeping in mind on average a gen has been 5 years? GC was less then half the price of the U and received one, fact is they accepted the U was a lost cause back when Iwata in February 2014 first hinted at the NX, the GC was at least neck and neck with the Xbox but U will never be in that position and was left behind fast.

The lack of a price cut is just them recouping as much back from each sale before the next platform.

They didn't happily cut the 3ds price and the 3ds was sold at a big profit margin at $250. They went from big profit at $250 to small loss at $170. The Wii U was already sold at a loss at launch, they couldn't make such a drastic cut early on without hemorraging money.