People seem to be missing the issue that the xb1 and ps4 prices will not remain static. At the moment the Wii U is ~$100 cheaper, and sells pretty terribly. Given the competition between Sony and MS, I suspect that both will aggressively target BOM reductions to fuel price cuts. This strategy isn't available for Nintendo because 1) they have said that they are prioritizing profit ahead of sales, 2) they have much lower economies of scale with their small sales and unique design, and 3) the less advanced nature of the Wii u design means there is less room for cost reduction, it's cpu and gpu dies are already very small and won't gain much from die shrinks like the other consoles will.
Therefore as time goes on the price difference will reduce and the delta in games libraries will also reduce as the xb1 and ps4 get their heavy hitters. It makes no logical sense that in that environment Wii U sales will increase, agressive price cuts will be needed just to keep sales steady.
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