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Lonely_Dolphin on 08 July 2013
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Cold-Flipper said:

Einsam_Delphin said:

The Wii U be selling like jank, that shows people don't like the price, hence it needs to be lowered. It needs games definitely, and a price cut on top of them would really sweeten up the deal like it did for 3DS. I do believe a $100 cut would do a lot more than $50 cut. This is something I had went over many times and I'm too lazy atm to repeat. :L

I know you went over why the $100 cut would work better because the basic is already $300 so people wouldn't take much notice. I agree with you that it would work better, I just don't think much better. Besides, if you remember, I agreed with you that a price cut of $100 would be ideal if it was financially possible. I just don't believe they will do it and again, it might not even be worth it.

Honestly speaking though, why would Wii U be selling well at the moment? It is having the longest and worst game drought I've ever witnessed. If the launch line-up didn't make somebody buy a Wii U at launch, why would that same line-up make that same person buy one 7 months later? It is quite obvious why the Wii U isn't selling and the price is far from the current issue. I say Nintendo plays the wait and see game. I believe that they're going to actually. Don't cut price this year (as you said) and see how much the games can help the system. If it picks up significantly a price reduction won't even be needed, if it picks up decent enough only a $50 cut would be needed, and if it continues to sell like crap then a $100 cut might be absolutely needed.



Twas worth it for the 3DS, which I don't think had many quality games before the price cut either, yet they still had a cut. Not that I'm saying they should price cut before the games get there of course, but they likely did this because they want their games to sell more than anything else as that's where most profits come from. In order for their games to sell well, their console needs to sell well, as game sales are limited to the console's install base. Just look at NSMBU. The game could clearly sell more than it has based on it's uber high attach ratio and previous installments, but it's physically impossible for it to do more than it is right now with the Wii U's current install base of 3 million. NSMB2, which launched near NSMBU, has already sold 6 million compared to U's 2 million. 10x the install base definitely made the difference here, and is why they should always be shooting for a higher install base by any physically possible and reasonable means, like bundles, remodels, oh, and price cuts!