In truth, this is less a price drop and more of a slightly better console in terms of memory and I think a game. I doubt that is going to push people over the edge to get it. I don't think any casuals are looking at this like that extra 24 gb and Nintendoland seals the deal. At this point, with the holidays coming up, I think more savvy customers will wait for either bundles with extras thrown in, or a price cut/gift card attached. But consequently during the holidays we can expect MS and Sony to do the same with their current consoles.
I don't think this will have much of an impact, it's doing in the low 20K's last i checked, I don't see it doing better than mid-30's at best. Even like someone said, WW was not a savior the first time around, and the appeal to casuals for a Zelda game is non existant compared to a Mario or Fit title. And the hard core crowd will really have to decide if it's worth $50 for a 10 year old port with slightly better graphics much less $300+ if they didn't already pick up the console. It's always going to be about games. There is no way around it. Nintendo just dropped the ball on what made the Wii so successful, mainly making simple easy to get into games that wouldn't intimidate non gamers. When even the hardcore crowd aren't enough to push up sales, then you know a price cut (slight upgrade) is not going to be enough. They need to hook people with software, if the New Super Mario Wii didn't motivate sales sufficiently, than the extra memory and an old port are not going to be able to compete with cheaper MS and Sony consoles with huge affordable libraries, GTA V, and the allure of 2 new consoles less than a couple months away and before any of Nintendo's big guns get here.
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