LOL...Nintendo should hire us for their marketing team!!! I bet a lot of people here would do much better than what they are doing right now. NoA is especially clueless.

only bundle Mario Kart/3D Land with $299 price tag. AND buldle/cut the price for Pikmin 3

From my point of view, the biggest obstacle WiiU has so far and the one that needs to be tackled first is the lack of appealing games. At this point, there's few popular games that can attract users to the platform, so any price cut done now wouldn't have much impact. And while the price itself is a bit high for most people, it's still competitive enough for a relatively new platform.

I would cut the price around the time Smash and Mario Kart arrive next year, when you have a lineup that's compelling enough to make a strong argument for the platform, while fending off the competition's second wave of software (and perhaps their own price cuts/bundles). I see this as the crucial moment for the platform to get to the mainstream and prove its full potential.

As for bundles... I don't know. The holidays usually bring their own offers, so I guess you could do one or two official ones. I don't see it as decisive either way.

Oh, and I never saw much point in having a "basic" and "deluxe" models, as with most PS3/360 cases... I think its best to have one clear version of the console, with only games being the difference, if any. Wii did fine with this strategy, so I don't see why Nintendo decided to change this...

oni-link said: Osc89 said: oni-link said: September than as Pikmin 3 would already be out and 101 and Rayman Legends is around the corner.  An early re-launch with a price cut is something to strike with and the 2014 games would ensure that they continue to strike.  It's all about getting as many console to peoples hands before the competition and Nintendo should do this ASAP!!! Deal, September it is. Glad we got that figured out. LOL...Nintendo should hire us for their marketing team!!! I bet a lot of people here would do much better than what they are doing right now. NoA is especially clueless.

Yeah they should, it's pretty hard to tell that they even have a marketing team right now lol.

Osc89 said: oni-link said: Osc89 said: oni-link said: September than as Pikmin 3 would already be out and 101 and Rayman Legends is around the corner.  An early re-launch with a price cut is something to strike with and the 2014 games would ensure that they continue to strike.  It's all about getting as many console to peoples hands before the competition and Nintendo should do this ASAP!!! Deal, September it is. Glad we got that figured out. LOL...Nintendo should hire us for their marketing team!!! I bet a lot of people here would do much better than what they are doing right now. NoA is especially clueless. Yeah they should, it's pretty hard to tell that they even have a marketing team right now lol.

I literally havent seen a Wii U ad since Christmas, but I guess since there hasnt bern any big releases they figured it made no sense to advertise.

I think the 3 main issues right now are 1. Games 2. Marketing 3. Price

Games being thr biggest one, it appears expensive becausr it has a lack of compelling games and Nintendo doesnt want to advertise due to lack of new releases. So hopefully once the big games start rolling out, they can get out of this funk.

Theres no reason they shouldn't cut the price. These no amazing games coming out this year for Nintendo and the other consoles coming out will not help their case especially one of them coming in at $399 and boasting next gen on the advertising.

You are completely right about the games. I think Nintendo have suffered a lot in the transition to HD (just like everyone else did) and underestimated development time. If all of their games had been ready 3 months earlier, they would be heading towards a very strong holiday.

Just make 32 GB the standard. You don't even need to change the $350 bundle, since it still equates a few dollars savings. Just give us a few more gigs of storage by default.

They should go cheaper and set 249/299 for the console, if they can't make 32gb for the 249, then stick with the 8gb, price is everything, + 1/2 games in every bundle, starting in the end of October or in the begining of November.

Wii U's only real issue is it hasn't had any quality games since launch. Marketing the system now would be dumb because there is nothing to market.

A Price Cut would make sense around the end of October right before the Holiday season begins. Discontinue the basic and bring the deluxe down to $300. Nintendo will essentially be competing with themselves though as Pokemon will surely sell many 3DS systems this Holiday.

Either way, I see no reason to wait until 2014 because while the price isn't really a big problem it would still help if it was lower for the Holiday sales rush. Plus, if it is lowered this year, it will still be lowered once Mario Kart 8 arrives so why wait?