I think he's partially right, and partially wrong. While a price cut is just a short term help, software is the thing it lacks. However, the premium model is worth more than 50 dollars more than the basic. That is why people buy it. I hope a price cut will come this Christmas, but games are the king. Start up a few studios, or just buy some, and they will have enough software to support their consoles, and make sure that they are selling.

I guess he's not ready to lift the Wii U's sales yet.

yes, i am game because iwata is stubborn

it is not going to happen at the very earliest until next year. ninty is going to wait and see how the software will boost sales then react according

But i thought the Basic unit was the one that was selling less overall, the one that retailers were really having problems moving off the shelves?

If Deluxe is more compelling than Basic already, surely it would be more compelling at a lower price.

I'd say it's a 50/50 shot of them announcing a price cut next month or holding out until March.

I have been arguing this for so freakin' long it's insane. How much longer will it take before they wakeup and realise that if they continue on their current path of releasing non-standard hardware developers will not be interested regardless of sales - as with the wii.

Open a new Nintendo studio, call it Nintendo Hardcore or whatever so people will know it is a Nintendo game but not the cartoony kids games. Not everyone is into Mario and Zelda. What sells a billion today wont necessarily sell more than a quater that tomorrow.

You would have thought that the success of the wii and it's first party titles would have pushed them to expand their genres into FPS, Driving Sims etc., They need their hands in more pies where software is concern.

I agree that price isn't really the issue, but that's a silly reason. The Basic version sucks--most people who want a Wii U want the Premium bundle. Therefore, while the more expensive version is selling more, it still means that the version that people actually want isn't selling well.

price is the issue when something that is truely next gen is $50 more. they will never get it if they dont now.

It's also partly because the Basic package isn't worth the money they have it priced at.

hes right.
lowering the price is deminishin your own product.key is investing on sw that increases d perception of the value of WiiU.
Games.high budget games

However, the Vita's basic model outsells the deluxe model by a wide margin.