| Ruler said: they should drop the gamepad and make the console cheaper without losing any money. The Wii U is not competitive with costing 280 bucks, people wouldnt mind buying WiiUs for 150 to 200 to play exclusive games along their core machines. |
I can't speak for the North American market but here in the UK you can get a Wii U with Smash, NSMBU and an amiibo for £199
Imo what Nintendo should do to help is drop the 8GB model make the 32GB come in black or white and drop that to the price of the 8GB model. Seriously whats the extra 24GB really gonna do? This isn't a 500GB PS3 compared to its 4GB model.
Just look at these prices:
http://www.game.co.uk/en/hardware/wii-u/?merchname=topnav-_-WiiU-_-consoles
8GB with Smash, NSMBU and amiibo - £199.99
compared to
32GB with MK8, Smash and amiibo - £284.99
There's no way MK8 over NSMBU and an extra 24GB is worth £85
The general public only ever see the 32GB models as thats more profitable for the retail companies thus the one they advertise. Wii U IS thats cheap its just that most people don't know. Xone and PS4 are £299 here with 2 games, who wouldn't pay £15 more for that?
Also do some limited ed. bundles like they do with the 3DS. A yellow Wii U with DKC Tropical Freeze and throw in the DKC VC games and the DK amiibo.
Oh and advertise!!!
Wii U will never beat XOne or PS4 BUT it should be doing better than it is.
