Putting Wii U sales into perspective

[Max King of the Wild]

Pavolink said:

Max King of the Wild said:

Pavolink said:
So, what will need to be Nintendo's solution(s) to not sell that low?

Good question. And really... I can't see them pulling out of it though I hope I'm wrong. I'm getting a Wii U for the Zelda's.

Why don't I see them pulling out of it? Because in my OP I said Nintendo usually uses cheaper/older tech that doesn't reduce in price quickly. So I think Nintendo's price reductions would out pace cost reductions. I think multiple price drops would pull them out. So I suppose Nintendo can just keep taking a loss even though they normally dont.

So to answer your question. I think just a series of price drops will help them. The current demand is terrible and the next price drop will increase it but sales will still be low in my opinion. Then, next year if Nintendo drops again to $250 or so then baseline sales will increase again. I think they will have healthy sales then... but will they cut the price that low?

I read carefully your OP, maybe not enough, but as far as I understand you stated that relying solely on games or a price cut will lend us in dissapointment as it won't help and sales will continue being low, therefore what you wrote in this post answering my question contradicts directly with the OP.

Now I'll rise again my question from another angle: what was Sony solution for the turnaround they did with the pS3?

My post goes perfectly in line with my OP. Just because a price cut increases sales doesn't mean the sales will be high. Wii U is at a point right now that makes it negligible in sales. Increasing it by 200% still makes it less than 100k a week.