And? What do you think it will sell in th next few weeks.

I dont have high hopes. I hear the WWHD bundle is sold out everywhere in the US (preorder), but if it only shipped 20k there, it doesn't say much. I honestly dont think sales will pick up until october when we have weekly releases of high profile games for WiiU coupled with the road to the holidays. Nintendo marketing machine will probably not go into high gear either until october.

It will tell how the wii u will do in the long run. good or bad

I don't think it's going to jump a lot. It has the same issue vita has, lack of software. Price is only going to help slightly.

I have no idea of the exact weekly numbers but saying sales will decrease with the incoming releases is beyond unrealistic.

I'm pretty sure you were also one of the people that thought the Wii U had a realistic shot of hitting 10mil sales by years end too. Why don't you state what you believe for the record so I can quote you later. You think that something like a price drop being front loaded is unrealistic? I know for sure that you are someone who loves pointing to the 3DS as evidence that the Wii U can reverse its fate. You do realize that the 3ds had an 18% drop after its sales right? Then an 11%. Then an 8%. Then a 9%. Then a 5%. Then a 7%. So yes, I think it's realistic to expect a drop after a price drop boost. I would say its unrealistic to think that the price drop will have a consistant WoW raise effect or flat effect.

In truth, this is less a price drop and more of a slightly better console in terms of memory and I think a game. I doubt that is going to push people over the edge to get it. I don't think any casuals are looking at this like that extra 24 gb and Nintendoland seals the deal. At this point, with the holidays coming up, I think more savvy customers will wait for either bundles with extras thrown in, or a price cut/gift card attached. But consequently during the holidays we can expect MS and Sony to do the same with their current consoles.

I don't think this will have much of an impact, it's doing in the low 20K's last i checked, I don't see it doing better than mid-30's at best. Even like someone said, WW was not a savior the first time around, and the appeal to casuals for a Zelda game is non existant compared to a Mario or Fit title. And the hard core crowd will really have to decide if it's worth $50 for a 10 year old port with slightly better graphics much less $300+ if they didn't already pick up the console. It's always going to be about games. There is no way around it. Nintendo just dropped the ball on what made the Wii so successful, mainly making simple easy to get into games that wouldn't intimidate non gamers. When even the hardcore crowd aren't enough to push up sales, then you know a price cut (slight upgrade) is not going to be enough. They need to hook people with software, if the New Super Mario Wii didn't motivate sales sufficiently, than the extra memory and an old port are not going to be able to compete with cheaper MS and Sony consoles with huge affordable libraries, GTA V, and the allure of 2 new consoles less than a couple months away and before any of Nintendo's big guns get here.

Around 30k, if it was the same week as WW then Id say 45k. System still doesnt have the games people want.

Thought? He still does lol

IDK, but i do know WiiU is dead in Australia. The price drop isnt happening here at all so bye bye all potential sales. Especially when PS4 and Xbone drop for only $120+ more