osed125 on 28 August 2013
| Mummelmann said: Why? Because they're desperate, that's why. Even with a price drop and big games releasing soon, the Wii U is probably going to end up with a really bad 2014, I'll be surprised if they manage more than 8 million units for the whole year. Dropping the price after less than one year on the market is a sign of weakness from Nintendo and this might cause them to keep losing money on the hardware well into next year. This is isn't a bad move per say, the whole concept (or lack thereof) of the Wii U was a bad move, in my opinion. They're in deep trouble and they know it, this price cut is a sure sign of that, if anything. |
While I agree Nintendo is somewhat desperate, it's doesn't make sense that they dropped the 3DS price by $80 and gave an ambassadors program only 6 months in the market while the system was selling waaay better than current Wii U sales. A truly big desperate measure would be much more drastic than this.
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