Price cutting of the xbox one will also put wii u under pressure in the uk. A quick look shows many retailers selling the wii u between £250-300. I keep seeing very cheap deals for wii u but the walk in price for wii u in many shops is still close to the launch price. If Mariokart doesn't' sell wii u's surely Niintendo will be forced into a huge price drop perhaps in September. Actually even if mario kart sells brilliantly it still needs a large price cut. The xbox one is performing weakly compared to ps4 but compared to wii u its performing absolutely brilliantly.
Also I think it was madness for Nintendo and Microsoft to kill off their earlier consoles so quickly. Both should have done budget versions of these consoles. PS3 is doing brilliantly and seems to have years of life left in it. I'm sure the same could have been true of 360 and even wii.
