Nintendo still selling Wii U at a loss

[mii-gamer]

justinian said:

oni-link said:
Where is the link that says that Reggie or Nintendo backtracked on one game sold and it makes up the loss? AFAIK as long as the Wii U sells one software (the Nintendoland bundle don't count) that Nintendo made up the loss. Also it had better be some legit shit and not some poster from Gaf. If it came from a forum I call a big pile of B$ on that one!

 You have every right to doubt anything written in this - or any other - forum without hard proof.

I did some research and found this a while back:

http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_22013695

I believe it to be true but I will leave that decision up to you. I think it is significantly more than one piece of software simply because if it was a small figure they would have proudly stated it. The bigger the number the more embarassing it becomes so best to keep the figure hidden. That of course is speculation on my part.

Here is the extract:

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT (publ. 11/25/2012, pg. A2)
In a story about Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime, Fils-Aime incorrectly said that Nintendo makes a profit on the Wii U console after consumers buy one piece of software. The number is more than one, but the company declined to say the exact number.

thanks for that. 

It looks like nintendo isn't going to cut the price anytime soon