Satoru Iwata has been re-elected as Nintendo president!

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etking said:

Dropping the Kinect was the right decision, especially in long-term. Microsoft at least acted and tried everything to prevent a premature death of their system.

Price is one of the the most important success factors. Of course the sales did not jump up immediately but this is because the X1 and PS4 both currently have even less games than Wii-U so there is absolutely no reason to buy one of these systems yet. A $199 tablet-less Wii-U Sports HD bundle would sell exceptionally well. At the current price the mass-market is way out of reach for Nintendo and nobody that never used the tablet thinks that it could actually be fun to use it. The table is the biggest roadblock for success.

You keep saying Nintendo needs a $200 Wii Sports Club bundle, yet you say that marketing, perception and awareness are big problems. Marketing the Wii U as nothing more than another Wii Sports machine with uprezzed graphics is going to solve Nintendo's problems? Are all the people with Wiis sitting in the backs of closets dying to go out and get the same game they jizzed over eight years ago?

Not only that, but do you really think the GamePad is costing Nintendo $100 a pop? Reports around the Wii U's launch said the GamePad cost about $50, so I'd imagine it would be cheaper a year and a half later. If you take away the GamePad and knock $100 off the current price, then you're scratching an itch with a buzzsaw. The GamePad is not the problem.

Oh, and by the way, guess what uses the GamePad in Wii Sports Club? Golf and baseball.