| Einsam_Delphin said: Nah, the Wii U's ship has sunk already. More price cuts aren't gonna change it's trajectory. At this point, it's best they try and get as much profit out of it as they can, even if it's barely anything. This'll better set them up for their next system. |
Im not saying dropping the price is going to all of a sudden cause it to sell amazing numbers and I agree that profit is more important than marketshare but u have to also consider they really arent pushing much software at the moment. Every single game on Wii U that has passed 1 million has been or currently is heavily bundled with the exception of Super Mario 3D World. Nintendo Land, Wind Waker HD, NSMBU, Luigi U, Wii Party U have all had more than 50% of there sales coming from bundles meaning they arent able to offset the hardware losses by profitting from software.
A few people in this thread have suggested just bundling more games along with it which I think hurts Nintendo more, if u pack 3-4 games along with the console than ur getting rid of potential software sales and they may not need to buy another game for a few months. Dropping the price in theory will increase sales which in turn will increase software sales. Lets say Wii U sells 3 million this year if it stays at $299 but if they do a price drop to $249 it sells 4 million this year, thats 1 million more people that will potentially be buying software so I think the trade off is worth it.
Also im not talking about a price cut now, im talking about September which is 7 months away so production costs will come down somewhat in that time.
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