This is not the right move for Nintendo... but I'll be buying one anyway... just as I bought a PS3 at $599 (yes, yes... I know). When that happens depends only on when the games I'm looking for appear (SSB, Zelda).
I cannot believe that Nintendo would attempt this after the 3DS and the rough start of the PS3. Granted, if WiiU is $300 or MAYBE even $350, then I am totally wrong... but the postureing doesn't seem to indicate that price point.
Also, I agree with those who are chiding Nintendo for believing that Wii will still sell as the "value line" under the WiiU. It will still sell, but only insofar as the PS2 continued to sell after the PS3 was released... and probably worse because the game library looks to be cut off swiftly.
I predict dark times ahead.
