JGarret on 22 March 2013
| Gamerace said: This is problematic for Nintendo. One) retailers will not be reordering - or reordering in very small quanities or demanding price cuts to reorder. It's also likely to be relocated to back corners and smaller shelf space. Two) It's creating a lower valuation in the minds of the public for the system. Once the big games do come, they'll be less willing to spend the original price knowing it's been cheaper for weeks/months? It also gives the impression that WiiU is a flop and who wants to buy a failing system? If Lego City/Monster Hunter Ultimate/NFS don't lift sales, at least slightly for more than a week or two then I don't think Nintendo will have the luxury of waiting for big games. They'll be forced to spend on massive advertising or painful price cuts (which won't help either). Another option - and this is radical - is to make the gamepad optional (back catalogue games can be patched for wiimote/nunchuk support and the OS redesigned to work without - if not already an option) thereby allowing them to drop almost $100 off the price and sell it as an HD Wii. |
That´s indeed radical.The Gamepad, with its asymetric gameplay, is the entire design philosophy behind the system.Even if the tablet like controller is one of the 'culprits', it´s still the main thing differentiating the system from its competitors.
