the_dengle on 18 January 2013
It's certainly possible that Nintendo is sacrificing 4th-quarter sales for a stronger 1st quarter. It's pretty clear that they weren't prepared to launch in November, and just did it to get as much of a head start as possible with those Holiday sales. Wii U is pretty much re-launching in March -- I seem to remember them saying shipped consoles would start having the firmware updates pre-installed around that time.
I don't expect a price drop any time soon, though. Not until Microsoft and Sony's next consoles have prices attached to them, at the earliest. And if their starting prices are above $350, still no price cut for Wii U.
