Did Microsoft just force Nintendo's hand?

[DexInDaJungle]

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

DexInDaJungle said:

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Wait so how did "Microsoft just force Nintendo's hand?"

Cause since Nintendo hasn't made a price cut yet... Microsoft didn't force anything from Nintendo?

By reducing their price yet again for good it simply makes the Wii U a lot less appealing in the eye of the casual, even more so than before.

Yea but they didn't force anything from Nintendo though since Nintendo hasn't reacted and heck, the sales for december was Up in the US in YoY I believe even at that price for the wiiU

Right but it's still early considering they just made it permanent. Also I believe there was an increase YoY for all three simply because they all had more content to offer. Smash & Mario Kart for Nintendo. While they have a bigger (numbers not hype) line-up this year, one could easily argue that they already released their 2 biggest games for the console in the same year. Zelda will push consoles no doubt but highly doubt it can match Mario Kart/Smash, the rest will give small boosts for a few weeks.

This year there is more competition for Nintendo from Microsoft & Sony's first party as well as some really big third party games that more likely than not won't be appearing on the Wii U. So all in all, with the Xbox One now permanently being $350 and the PS4 having Last of Us bundled with it from now on, does Nintendo need to react, or are they simply gonna sit there and mind their own business?