curl-6 said:
Soundwave said:
curl-6 said:
Soundwave said:
59k two months post-Mario Kart is not "momentum". That's called sh*tty sales.
Just because it was even worse last year doesn't make that number any better.
The Gamecube never sold under 60k/month until like 2005 when Nintendo was winding it down.
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It is well above previous baseline even after 3 months, that is momentum.
And Gamecube was cheap from day 1, while Wii U is still held back by its price, which will eventually drop and no longer be a handicap.
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I'm not really sure Nintendo will ever drop the price that much, they are manufacturing the system in such low quantities right now that they can't drop the price because their suppliers won't give them a break on the parts ... which are likely quite expensive because Nintendo insists on using very propietary hardware -- unlike the NES and SNES days under Yamauchi.
I think their strategy now is they know that a lot of people aren't going to buy the system, so they're going to keep the price level, just because if they're headed to a 16-18 million LTD finish either way, there's no point in incurring unneccessary hardware losses just so you can hit that number a little faster than otherwise.
This is just a system people don't want.
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So you think it'll stay $300 for the majority of its lifespan?
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Well they may adopt the XBox 360 model of simply cycling in new bundles at the same price point rather than taking a price cut. At least for a while.
I mean shit, the PS3 and 360 are still pretty expensive, no one wants to cut their hardware margins anymore unless it's a last resort.
I think internally Nintendo quietly knows there's no saving the Wii U, their plan now is just to not incur anymore damage to the company overall as a result of it until they can have Quality of Life and Fusion platform ready for 2015/2016 launches and hopefully fare a lot better.
