I dont think theres any price cut coming this year.

I'm going with Mario Kart bundles during the holidays and price cut after 2013 fiscal year.

Personally I do not think the Wii U needs a price drop, because it is a pretty amazing piece of technology. It has a tablet that is really nice and offers many possibilities for gameplay. If I were to guess a price cut, I would say end of the summer after it could be announced at e3. More around the release, as someone said before, of the Remake of Zelda: Wind Waker. The Wii U will be fine, it will eventually have its own audience and dedicated people following it. Personally, if Nintendo grabbed up a lot of Japanese support for it, then I can see them being just fine in the future just like the 3ds.

R.I.P. Wii U, was nice knowing ya. Thanks for the Marios.

September, 2014

If the Nextbox and PS4 are $400-$500 than Nintendo will do nothing. If one of them launched within 50 bucks of the Wii U than Nintendo will do a price drop on or just before they hit stores.

It'd be nice for Nintendo is they were only competing with the Ps4/720, unfortunately for them they're really not.

I doubt the early adopter PS4/720 crowd is interested in a Wii U to begin with. They're more of the "I'm sick of my 5+ year old PS3/360 and what a high end new machine to replace it with, here take my $500" crowd that isn't going to be swayed by a 100 different Mario games.

The Wii U has had its casual gaming audience stolen away by cheap gaming on iPads/smartphones, because the fundamental truth is I think a lot of people who were into Wii Sports graduated into playing Planets Vs. Zombies, not Zombi U. They don't want complex video games period and Wii was fun for its time to them, but that time is now over. Phones/tablets are the new "cool" tech gizmos to spend all your money on.

Core gamers ... that audience basically has been completely consolidated under Sony and MS' banner as Nintendo's basically let Sony/MS have their way with this audience with no/little direct competetion for the last 5-6 years. No online network, no new hardcore gaming IP, little to no investment in Western developers, little to no specific marketing to core players, etc. etc. etc. over the Wii era adds up.

September with Windwaker and another game release, either Wii Fit U and/or Pikmin 3.

Basic unit needs to be €199
Premium model €249

Its gonna be hard if its not on these pricepoints. PS360 will both get a pricecut this holiday.

$400 is within $50 of Wii U

Only for the Wii U Delux Set. $400 is $125 more than a Wii U Basic Set.