will Wii U officially become $199 this year?

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MoHasanie said:

prayformojo said:

MoHasanie said:
$199 just a year after launch is embarrassing, but it might have to be done if sales drop to the same levels they did last year.

The Gamecube was $199.99 at launch.

Yikes, and it still sold that poorly :O . 

Not to mention that it had Mario / Luigi's Mansion / Zelda / Metroid / Smash Bros / Mario Party/ Pikmin / Mario Kart / Animal Crossing / Star Wars exclusives / Starfox and a bunch of other good titles in the 1st year and a half.  It was pretty clear after 2 years that the Gamecube would be a massive failure for Nintendo, atleast in terms of hardware sales.  They are lucky the base that did have them bought alot of 1st party software, because for as bad as the console sales were it still turned a profit.    I actually think its a miracle that Nintendo is at 5.3 million Wii U's sold right now, without most of their heavy hitters.