People need to understand the difference between value and worth. Nintendo can drop the price, give you so much "value" with bundles, but in the end is it "worthy"? That's the problem...Wii U is (mostly) an undesirable product. Apathetic gamers will shrug at that price, then come back with "I'll think about it for $149".
This Wii U failure is a hard lesson Ninty must learn: If you don't build it, they won't come. Don't sacrifice power, just because Nintendo themselves may not need it...this just says "F all third parties, deal with it". The Gamepad was a failure because it was forced down people's throats, and had to sacrifice console's power for its birth. That means DOA, it was never given a chance. Now if the gamepad was optional, mainly a luxury peripheral that could have been Ninty's tool to make money back on the console (competitors have paid online services), then Ninty would have been taken much more seriously. Its a joke in the western world, for the most part.
IMO the first step Nintendo needs to take, is a big time, aggressive acquisition of a western company, & cede power to NOA for their home consoles....by purchasing Valve. But as long as they are in their little Japanese xenophobic operating ways, Ninty will always fail in home consoles. They need pure luck (i.e. Chicago Bulls's 1.7% chance at drafting Derrick Rose) otherwise.
