Why Nintendo won't drop the price of Wii U this year

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Cobretti2 said:

Aielyn said:

RolStoppable said:

It's a $100 difference between the Wii and Wii U. And the answer is the Gamepad.

Wii U Basic is $300. Wii was $250. That's a $50 difference.

Indeed, in Australia, the Wii was $400, the Wii U Basic is $350. And the Wii was selling far better. Games decide sales, not price. If the games are high enough quality, people will pay the price.

You are right especially in Aus.

 

Wii U has SO MANY cancellations here: No 007 Legends, ninja gaiden and some other i keep forgetting.

Just Iimagine if none of the games got delayed/cancelled. Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101, Wii Fit U, Game & Wario, Rayman Legends and a couple 3rd party multiplats were all supposed to be out by now. That would have given Wii U a quality exclusive every month in Q1-Q2. None of those games are huge but it would def have helped Wii U sell better and we probably wouldnt be in this situation where people are clamoring for a price drop.

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