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pezus said:
Busted said:
mid 2014, you heard it here first.

Way too late. Sales are going to flatline this year near Vita 2012 levels and then we have new consoles coming out later this year. Nintendo will have to do something this year.

They'll keep it on ok number with games this year until holydays, holyday bonus and in january they can start thinking on how much will they cut off, price cut is not happening this year.



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LOL, someone in the NPD thread said Pezus would do this. I had my money on Turkish. Guess I was mistaken.



Darc Requiem said:
LOL, someone in the NPD thread said Pezus would do this. I had my money on Turkish. Guess I was mistaken.

No, no. You were right. Turkish just made a "We need to talk about this" thread.



The earliest well see a price drop is when the next console launches, but I don't expect one this year




chriscox1121 said:
The earliest well see a price drop is when the next console launches, but I don't expect one this year

Nintendo is going to be forced to drop this year whether they want to or not. Either that or sales are going to get into downright embarassment territory. 

PS3/360 are likely due for a price drop this year too, if PS3/360 are $150-$200, no one is buying a Wii U at $300-$350. Game over. 

The situation in North America doesn't look great, but it seems the situation in Europe is already far worse, so there's that too. 



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I always assumed Nintendo would Price Cut the Wii U to $250 & $300 when Microsoft & Sony launched their new Systems. Low sales make it all the more likely.



osed125 said:

4 doom threads and still counting. 

you are awesome!! LOL



 

Darc Requiem said:
LOL, someone in the NPD thread said Pezus would do this. I had my money on Turkish. Guess I was mistaken.

Oh Turkish made 2 of them, one was locked though.



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pezus said:
*Sound Of Rain said:
I always assumed Nintendo would Price Cut the Wii U to $250 & $300 when Microsoft & Sony launched their new Systems. Low sales make it all the more likely.

How's that domination prediction coming along?

You're such a premature predictor(?), Pezus.

(Premature Predictions are a serious problem, you should get that checked out!)



osed125 said:
pezus said:
osed125 said:

4 doom threads and still counting. 

It's a legitimate question. Don't you think they will cut the price? Sony did it pretty soon with the PS3, Nintendo did it with 3DS and so on.

It still qualifies as a doom thread since price cut means the console is doing bad. But to answer your question: by the end of the year.

PS3 is the best selling home console this year and people still expect a price cut soon




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