tak13 said:
Say that with some reservation... Don't forget splatoon's sales wonder! You just remembered me a person with who I had a dispute about wii u sales in Japan back in february! He was saying with certainty that wii u was near at the 80% of its lt sales (Which was implying 2.8m final sales and wii u is at 2.7m as of second week of november '15, two years and eleven months after it's launch in Japan) and I suggested him to be cautious because there would be things that could boost wii u or make it to resurge! His answer was absolute: in no way wii u sales will be raised! Guess what! Splatoon did it , xenoblade chronicles had boosted previously wii u and super mario maker gave a further push/kept wii u afloat along with splatoon retrospective boost. Wii u has really tempting bundles for the holidays... Wii u has a super smash bros+splatoon deluxe set bundle for a suggested price of 279$ for holidays, Mario kart 8+splatoon premium pack bundle for a suggested price of 280 euros in Europe and Splatoon bundle in Japan which was released recently and increased wii u sales! |
Not saying it's impossible; just unlikely. A price cut might help but won't make for more than a short term boost. Now would be the perfect time for one though and it's kind of overdue. Then again, they need to make money as well so it could be they'll try to get some return on their investment hardware-wise, I don't know how big their profit margins on each unit is, but I can't imagine that it's huge.
Yes, software makes up most of the profit, but it's hard to tell whether a price cut could be worth it in the end if software sales don't pick up enough to offset the losses (or reduced profits).
Sure; it could have a better holiday than last year, but without a price cut and recent system selling software, it will be hard when it's already down 10-15% yoy.
