archbrix said:
They're not in the same financial position. Sony lost several billion dollars. That's why I said a "lower scale" example because my point was that Nintendo would still continue to post yearly losses, which isn't going to fly with them. The "lose a bunch now and hope to make it up later" idea you suggested and your continued comparisons of WiiU to 3DS (profit and losses) are what I found fallacious. Now, what you're saying about dropping $100 to coincide with Mario Kart 8 next April (something I agreed was possible earlier) - that's not as far fetched because that would mean no price drop this year and big sales regardless of price because of the holidays, their upcoming games, and no real competition from PS4/XB1's limited stock... all with little to no loss at all on the WiiU hardware. So even if the $100 (or perhaps $80) price drop in April 2014 put them in the red with the hardware a little more than they may like, their fiscal year profits (end of March 2014) would be safe and they'd be almost guaranteed to post a profit. In fact, this may be why they're waiting until April to release Mario Kart - so that they can drop the price upon its launch after their earnings report. |
Well you're just assuming they'd lose moneys, just like I'm assuming it'll be profitable for them in the end due to various factors (3DS n WiiU game sales, lengh of gen). Of course, only Nintendo really knows whether or not it'd be a move worth taking.
I guess I should have talked more about the timing of the price drop, as I can see how that's important in all this. At the very least it would likely have kept people from thinking I'm saying the price drop has to come this year.
