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

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Desertghost said:

TheLastStarFighter said:

RolStoppable said:

TheLastStarFighter said:

The only way we see a price drop for Wii U this year is if sales really, really stagnate in the second half despite new software launches.  If it really seems the public is rejecting Wii U, a desperation price drop could be done to get the product out there.

So we will see a price cut this year.

It doesn't matter what you count as the Wii U's competition, the fact is that it isn't selling at its current price and a handful of good games aren't going to change much about that.

Hard to say for sure.  Wanning interest in PS360 may also impact things, and so could improved promotion.  One challenge is the biggest game, 3D World, won't be out till December.

Do you really think 3D World will have that much of an impact? I'm sorry but I dont see anything Nintendo can do to turn this around. Sadly the Wii U will just keep selling the way is selling now, maybe get a little better for a couple of months every time they lunch a big hitter, something like the Vita but that's it. Sorry but Wii U and Vita are just too materializations of mistake.

Well one problem I see looking at their lineup is they're probably going to go right back into another drought from Jan-March 2014. Probably by April 2014 Mario Kart 8 will be ready, but really they're just not getting any real help other than token support from 3rd parties, so its all on them to carry the platform.