When will the Wii U get a price drop and how much?

[ohmylanta1003]

sam987 said:

ohmylanta1003 said:

sam987 said:
I still dont understand why people try to defend the price of the WiiU atm. Majority of the potential buyers think its too expensive and thats why the WiiU is still struggling.

Nah man. The majority of "buyers" use that as a lame excuse to not buy the Wii U. And besides, you can find Wii Us really cheap (bundles/refurbished). The people that call for ridiculous price cuts were never going to buy a Wii U in the first place and most likely will not in the future. There's a point where you need to stop talking about price and start talking about the real reason you won't buy a Wii U. Of course if the price of the Wii U comes down an insane amount people are going to buy it. I could say the same thing about a PS4. "If they would just drop the price down to $100, then I would buy one". Of course you would. Who wouldn't?

Maybe you dont get it. Call it a lame excuse or whatever you want it to be called but that doesnt help the sales.....Have you seen the sales of the PS4 from launchday till now?

No, YOU don't get it. My point was that anything will sell if the price is dropped enough. Since you don't understand, I guess I'll have to give you an example. Let's say Honda decides that they're going to drop the price of their Honda Civic to $1,000. Now, the Honda Civic has always been considered a very reliable car that lasts a very long time on the road. While it's not as powerful as some of the other choices offered by other companies, it's a quality car nonetheless. Now let's say that someone is looking to buy a new car. I think everyone can agree that most people in this situation would buy the Honda Civic, as it is a quality choice for a fraction of the price of the other cars. Or maybe this person will buy a more powerful car with some cool features that the Civic can't offer, but then will also buy a Civic anyway because the price is so low. Honda would sell a buttload of Civics. YAY FOR HONDA!!! They did it. They sold a ton of cars and business is soaring...oh, wait, it's not, because Honda couldn't make any profit selling the Civic at that low of a price. But a ton of people bought it, which was their goal in the first place. But dropping the price wasn't the answer.

Point being, a price drop isn't necessarily the best choice for the company. There are other ways to entice people to buy your product and sometimes a price drop is just straight unreasonable. At this point, dropping the price of the Wii U any further doesn't make sense for Nintendo, and trust me, Nintendo knows better than you.