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zorg1000 said:
potato_hamster said:

For example I am interested in a Wii U. But not at $300, or even $200. I will buy a Wii U when I can get one for less than $150. Now you can pretend I am not actually interested in a Wii U, but I assure you I am. I have a list of games I intend to get with it when it drops to that price, and they include: Lego Undercover, Bayonetta 2, Splatoon, Smash Brothers, Mario Kart 8 and Xenoblade Chronicles. If Nintendo starts pulling it off shelves before it gets to that price, I'll probably wait until I can buy one used for less than $100. I bought a Pebble time steel today with part of my christmas bonus just today. I considered getting a wiit, but it just wasn't worth the asking price to me. It's not about being able to find a way to buy it, it's about it being worth what they're asking for it.



 

This seems to contradict what u said during our conversation the other day, that Wii U couldn't be appealing no matter what, now ur saying the only reason u haven't bought one is because of price. If price has been an issue for an extremely hard core gamer like yourself than don't u suppose price is also a potential issue for the average consumer?

What? Where did I say the Wii U had no appeal? I had it has no mass appeal. Those are two different things. The Wii U is incredibly appealing ...to Nintendo Fans, who appear to be a smaller and smaller group with every generation. But not to someone like me.  I spend more money on video games than most. There mere fact that I can play the games on it that I mentioned above obviously means the console has appeal for me. It just doen't have enough appeal to me to justify the price. If it can't appeal to someone like me, who buys multiple games a month but doesn't see the worth in a Wii U at $250, what chance does it have to appeal to somone who has a much lower interest in video games, but owns a PS4 and regularly plays it? What appeal does it have to someone who bought their kid a tablet for $100 and spends $5-$10 a month on games? Who is the Wii U supposed to appeal to at its current price point, and how many of those people are on the planet?