Retail calls for Wii U price cut and new strategy

[Mr Khan]

SaviorX said:
Price cut can't happen. If retailers still stock Vitas after ~16 months, they can at least stock Wii U for half as long.

Nintendo needs to force a few of their games out by this point. Fuckin Pikmin 3 should have been hurried up and completed by now.The fact that it is taking so long to release is ridiculous. Focus efforts on a franchise that can get current hardware sales out of the ground as opposed to a niche 2 million seller at best.

Gamecube Virtual Console should also have been announced to make up for the droughts which have become a Nintendo Ritual; make money off some games you already finished.

3DS is not a concern, Pokemon is coming; end of story.

Original Wii can still have some life if they drop price later to $99 and some bundled accessories.

The lack of Pikmin 3 is Nintendo playing financial games, unfortunately. Essentially, one game won't make a difference to bad Q4 FY2012-3 numbers, while heading off with a stronger Q1 2013-4 will do better for them on the whole, just worse for them (and us) in the short term.