Next Wii U price cut?

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Conegamer said:

Seece said:

Conegamer said:
It's gotta be soon you'd think. I'd guess around Xenoblade time; to £169 (around $229)

They would definitely be making a loss on that, I don't think Nintendo are as keen to have loss making hardware. Especially as they're struggling to get back in the black.

Well the hypothetical question in this instance is about the next price cut. When you're already selling your console for £199, then what else can you cut it to?

Not sure that is Nintendo though or Game? Either Nintendo or Microsoft (Can't remember which, or which console) dropped their price to be inline with that retailers had been offering for months on end previously. So we may just see a £199 cut from Nintendo, with retailers further cutting the price.

But at this point I think WiiU doesn't have a lot to gain from a price cut, it's never going to get significant or even what some would say respectable level of sales because it's the product that is the "problem" not the price. I say product, the WiiU is a fine gaming machine but in terms of audience it's lost and no amount of price cuts or Nintendo games will fix that, some amazing products are just not able to get success (Zune *sigh*) and the Gamecube and Original Xbox.

That's why Nintendo need to think about profit, catering to their core Nintendo fans, and delivering the best software they can in terms of evergreenability titles. Cut their losses at the end of the gen and start again.

If Nintendo go after install base they're just gonna get their fingers burnt IMO.