| Soundwave said: Well I mean we have NPD numbers and we know the Wii U is not selling great, so it's not like it's some huge secret or point of debate. The system isn't doing well. There probably are more than a few stores that look like this as a result, whereas others don't. |
https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/browse/productDetailColorSizePicker.jsp?productId=prod150200
That's basically every single excess old 8GB (slap it in a black case and with a higher memory stick) model gone and whatever actual units were actually refurbs (I doubt all of that stock and backorder was from actual refurbs, it was warehouse and returned 8GB/32GB models). They may well finally be clearing out their initial stock deal with the pad technology that's been crippling the system's price. If they can top off their previous commitments/contracts for the transceiver tech and panels, we could see a cheaper gamepad revision and new SKU at a much lower price-point in the near future.
Cheaper screen panel + revision on the transceiver = much cheaper production costs; though I have no idea who their chip supplier is at this point for the console itself but I doubt the WiiU's actual non-pad guts cost more than a 100$. <200$ market SKU would do them good if they could also sell it at a profit.
