Put a fork in the Wii U, it is done. [Sensible discussion only, no flaming]

[Osc89]

TruckOSaurus said:

Osc89 said:

Mr Khan said:

which isn't an official price cut, that he's comparing to Vita's official, Japan-only price cut.

Does it matter if the price cut is official or not? If everywhere I look has already taken off £50, doesn't it have the same effect?

There's a big difference. An official price-cut is carefully planned and often timed with big software releases (see Vita in Japan). The UK price cut was made in the middle of a software drought, so if someone was not willing to part with $350 just to play NSMBU and Nintendo Land dropping the price to $300 probably won't entice him to buy it. On the other hand, if the price goes down to $300 just as say Mario Kart and Smash Bros come out then suddenly you've got a lot more people interested in paying for the console.

Oh I see. Does the UK unofficial price cut damage future price cuts then?