Einsam_Delphin 2 hours ago:
said:
"The thing is the 3DS only had 2 significant games, being MK7 and SM3DL, whereas the Wii U will have SM3DW, Wii Fit U, DKCTF, Pikmin 3, W101, Sonic LW, and more, meaning a price cut in it's first year will not be nearly as necessary as it was for 3DS. Plus from what I've heard, they were making money on each 3DS sold before the cut, while they're losing money on each Wii U sold. They may want to wait until the Wii U breaks even before doing a big cut like with the 3DS. Also, there's already a good amount of 2014 games in MK8, SSB4, X, Bayo 2, Yoshi Yarn, and SMT x FE, with more to be announced later."
Dunban67 reply:
The 3ds has had a stream of very good games since MK7 and SM3DL
I think if they had stopped w those 2 games sales would have eventually slumped again- but there have been an ever increasing flow of 1st and 3rd party games coming out for the 3ds- the 2 you mentioned surely kicked off the sales surge but it is the continued flow of games that have kept sales strong
The Wi U also has a lot more competition than the 3ds as well and will have far less 3rd party support for the foreseeable future tan the 3ds- the 3ds and Wii U are 2 different consoles in 2 different type markets- I don t think you can expect that executing the same strategy for both in 2 different time frames will generate the same results.
Since I bought a Wii U at launch for my Son s b day and it is the only home console (in addition to the Wii) that we own- I want the Wii U to do well- I have a vested interest like anyone that has purchased or who will purchase a wii u- Nintendo has not "lost the game" as it relates to the Wii U but it is well into the 2nd half, they are many touchdowns behind and they are still using the same game plan as if it was 0-0 early in the 1st Q- they do not seem to want to make adjustments as needed and they do t seem to be willing to invest a dime more in the console than they absolutely have to until they are certain it will be successful- but if Nintendo does not make it happen for the Wii U no one else will nor should they-