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

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QuintonMcLeod said:

** Looks at your Sig **

Uhh... This recertifies your biasness. Mostly Sony products....

Yes, I am aware that VGcharts now shows the Xbone is outselling the Wii U, but many people believe those numbers are wrong and are waiting for the NPD, and for good reason.

Whatever the case may be, you are getting off topic. The point I'm trying to make here is that the price has little to do with the demand for the console. The console needs to produce value. The only thing to increase the value of the Wii U is to provide compelling software. Cutting the price would only give the Wii U a short boost in sales and then it'll drop back down again. Plus, it'll lower confidence among many consumers - because an even lower price would send signals that the Wii U is dying (which it isn't).

3 vs. 2 is already "mostly" and proves bias... Believe in whatever lets you sleep at night, I guess.

I'm not sure which way these numbers might go, but so far it is what it is. Either way Wii U is not doing great, contrary to what you were claiming in this thread. And it doesn't matter if it outsold XO or not, it's on a steep decline after the MK8 bumb and nothing is fixed.

The price always influences demand, it's one of basic laws of economy. Obviously, the console needs to show value, at which Wii U struggles greatly due to it being so much inferior to competition and abandoned by 3rd parties, but the price is the second most important factor in this equation.

The bottom line is - Wii U will never start selling at a higher clip at this price. Never. Nintendo can't pump out a Mario Kart every month. It needs to get cheaper and more than $50 cheaper to really start selling. A bigger cut worked wonders for 3DS and somehow didn't lower anyones confidence.

I really believe that no Nintendo hardware can cost more than $250.