Last week I've got my Zelda Wii U in germany for 199 EUR discounted from 299 EUR. I asked the clerks how they make money on it and if Nintendo is subsidizing. They confirmed this. Nintendo tries to clear some distribution channels and they guessed that some new SKUs will appear.
As the majority of the german retailers are still selling Wii U Bundles for about 270 - 299 EUR this might even be a test on behalf of Nintendo.
At this point the price was down for about two weeks at least and I was worried that all Zelda Bundles or any Wii U would be out of stock for this price (the "mother ship" online was). So I was shocked to see that the retailer where I've got mine still had plenty supply. BTW: was the day DKCTF was released...
Can't wrap my mind around this. It's not that buying a Wii U is catching a falling knife. It's a great console.
But Nintendo has some really bad press within the last months so it will be a long uphill battle for them.
Actions like shutting down WiiConnect doesn't help build confidence in them on the consumer side... . I also wonder whose did the "clever" decision to shut down the Wii Channel long ago. Besides having no access to the playtime stats - it was Nintendos own advertising channel...
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