Nintendo needs to drop WiiU's price soon and here's why

[zorg1000]

Assyrian612 said:

zorg1000 said:

Assyrian612 said:

happydolphin said:

Assyrian612 said:
Price drop will happen when reality smacks Nintendo in the face. Very soon.

Nope, it has nothing to do with reality or smacking ,but with testing the market. The most likely scenario is that they will keep the price as is and release their big games. If that makes no effect, they will lower the price of the console and possibly offer rebates on some of their games.

As for buying blindly, wait till you see all the blind people lining up for a PS4. You'll think you're in a ward.

Really? That's reality for you right there "offer rebates on some of their games." Lack of product so let's rebate it. No the truth is very clear Nintendo will get smacked. They're a very arrogant and stick to a business first consumer last model. That's why most of their games have not changed or ever will. As to buying blindly, yes whomever bought a 32gb Wii U is blind. Hence the fact the world didn't flock to it like the sheep Nintendo hoped they would be, hence the fact Microsoft changed its policies, and people waiting for a PS4 were the smart buyers. A console priced at $399 with what it offers is a great investment sorry to burst your Jiggly Puff. How's that New Super Mario Bros going for you? Oh no don't answer that lolzzzzz

Wow that was an extremely arrogant post. Nothing happydolphin said was false, Wii U hasnt had any big games release so far this year and yes that is there own fault but a price cut with no big games and still selling at a loss is a terrible idea. It makes way more sense to see how consumers react when it gets a steady stream of quality exclusives. If they still arent buying it then its time for a price cut. But Nintendo has about 10 solid exclusives coming by the end of this year with a few very likely to sell over 5 million copies. That along with advertising and bundling will give it respectable sales to finish out the year.

Arrogant is trolling the PS4 when no mention of it was made in this discussion until Dolphin brought it up. Everything I said was a very legit point. The console has been out for nearly 3 quarters of the year yet it hasn't sold a hair. Competition is stiff and priced much better with more to offer yet no price drop is necessary. A price drop will be very required if Nintendo even thinks about competing in this gen. Than again Nintendo doesn't care about what other comapnies do, which in reality is all mojo talk. Reality will set and a price drop will happen. Nintendo will then have a chance to compete. Nuff said.

I agree the PS4 comment was uncalled for. And yes its selling poorly now but look at the release schedule

January-None

February-None

March

Amazing Spider Man-year old port, didnt sell well to begin with

Lego City-solid exclusive but there are about 100 Lego games across multiple platforms, does nothing for boosting hardware

Monster Hunter-3 old Wii port, also on 3DS

Need For Speed-late port, almost everybody who wanted It already owned it

April

Injustice-solid multiplat

May

Resident Evil-year old 3DS port, also on PS3/360/PC

Sniper Elite-year old port

Lego Batman 2-year old port

Fast & Furious-bad game

June

Game & Wario-bad game

So as u can see there has been 10 retail releases this year, of which only 1 is a good exclusive and 1 multiplat released on time. Wait until Pikmin, Luigi U, Splinter Cell, Rayman, Disney Infinity, Wonderful 101, Batman, Assassins Creed 4, Wind Waker, Skylanders, Ghosts, Wii Party, Watch Dogs, Donkey Kong Country, Sonic Lost World, Mario & Sonic Olumpics, Wii Fit, Mario 3D World release before saying they need a price cut. Also in addition to those titles will be a new marketing campaign and plenty of holiday deals and bundles, which cancels out thr need for an official price cut. I wouldnt be surprised to see the Basic model down to $199 and thr Deluxe bundled with a big game for $299 on black friday thru christmas. If none of this helps the console sell then i doubt a price cut will get people interested