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

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RolStoppable 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.

Wii with a game: $250. Wii U with a game: $350.

Games and price decide sales. If the price is too high, people won't buy regardless of the games.

You didn't address the Gamepad at all. Not only is the Wii U $100 more than the Wii, its perceived value is also lower (meaning the Wii U at $250 with a game will still sell much worse than the Wii did).

Wii without a game: $200 at a high profit, could probably profit at $100 or at least break even.

Wii U without a game: $300 while sold at a loss.

yep, the situations are the same.

look, this crap about the game pad being costy is too old already, if wii u only came with a pro controller it would retail for only $50 less.