That's rough. We knew they wouldn't meet their target, but seeing it on paper makes the reality sink in even harder. The problem with Nintendo is that they make two systems at a time and games for those systems. There is little room for error, whereas Sony and Microsoft can bleed cash for years and be fine since their gaming departments are part of much larger corporations. Nintendo simply cannot sell a system at a loss and that was probably the number one mistake of the Wii U (among many). Because of that factor, another pricecut, and even the first one, simply add to their losses, and software sales is not offsetting these losses. They need to bundle Mario Kart 8 from day one. Otherwise that game and Smash won't have enough impact. I don't know about a model without the gamepad. If they can produce it and sell it (not at a loss) for $200, then it's worth a try. There aren't many other options at this point.
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