If Software sells Hardware why Wii U flopped

[Wman1996]

OdinHades said:

If you ask me, it was too pricey. Even I hesitated for years to get the damn thing. It was more expensive than the PS4 at times and for some reason it never got a price cut and there were barely any deals for it.

Yup. I get Nintendo not wanting to cut the price too low. Look what happened with Sony and the PS3. The PS3 may have brought in more revenue than the Wii U could ever hope for, but the Wii U had a higher profit margin (pretty sure). I'm pretty sure Nintendo never sold a Wii U console at a loss, but Nintendo doesn't usually sell hardware at a loss. The PS3 cost Sony billions of dollars, and wiped out the combined profit of the PS1 and PS2.

But there has to be some room to wiggle. A cheaper Wii U would've helped somewhat, and would've gotten more people to buy it. Therefore, more software available on the platform and software revenue.

I lucked out and got my Wii U on a great sale for $250 in 2014. Nintendo never dropped the permanent price of the darn thing below $300, which is ridiculous. But the high cost was due to the GamePad.

So despite some quality software on Wii U, marketing and price still made it a flop.