Wii U: If You'd Designed the Wii U, How Would You Make it More Appealing as a system/SKU?

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DevilRising said:

catofellow said:
Sell the 32 GB unit at 199.99 with a Wii Mote and pro controller bundled. Make the tablet controller optional, but require all games have the ability to stream to the controller so early adopters do not suffer. Eliminate the 8 GB version altogether, 1 SKU only is better.

Sorry, but fading the GamePad (IE "tablet") controller out, is not a good idea at all. And what, do you want Nintendo to just bleed money? A $50 price drop would be enough to do it. And why includign a Wii mote or pro controller if not every game uses them?

http://wiiudaily.com/2013/02/wii-u-gamepad-costs-around-140-to-replace/

You may say that is retail price and Nintendo is profiting, but even if we assume it costs $100, that is still enough to bridge the gap to your proposed $50 price drop.

And to the second part of your argument, there aren't many games out yet, and the install base is very low.  It would not be too harmful to make changes now.