They can cut the price any time they want as long as there is an ambassador program similar to the 3DS :D

It is going to have to compete with a $99 x360. i dont think $200 will sell many more. it will give a slight bump but there is still nothing to play on the wiiu. Also the ps3 is supposed to be getting a cut soon too. "next gen" or not it has to compete with it.

Hard to say while we don´t know for sure how much Ps4 or Next Xbox will cost. I´d bet that the price cut will come just before holidays (September, October)

they launched a console losing money on each, theres NO WAY that they are going back to red again
when they have big enough margin and production costs are reduced, they ll cut the price to the point of breaking even...
basically 50€ pricecut for holidays...

When they can cut it without making a notable loss per unit sold. So that's by the end of the year at the earliest and no more than $50.

Given yen/dollar flucuations that's probably right now already to be honest.

I remember someone else posted that the yen/dollar differences now just from last November alone means that a $350 Wii U in North America actually nets Nintendo the equivalent of $430 today ($70 extra profit per unit) because of a weakening yen.

You're not selling hardware, and you can't sell any software, neither can third parties (so you can't make money off royalty fees either). It's only to Nintendo's benefit to swallow their pride and get the damn thing at least moving at some pace off storeshelves.

Hmm yeah i forgot about the exchange rate. So they probably could cut it already, although i think they are more likely to release one or two major first party titles first before cutting into that profit margin.

1) Good thing it's a $300 console with greatly superior graphics to the PS360 then. $350 is for a bundle that includes a game and some other stuff, not the console.

2) Launch Game (and WiiU launch sales were great), Launch game (and WiiU launch sales were great), a game that did cause an increase in hardware sales,  Launch game (and WiiU launch sales were great), a multipalt (which never push hardware), a multipalt (which never push hardware), and a a multipalt (which never push hardware). What exactly was your point?

Hardware is pushed by huge games, not by medium or big games and certainly not by multiplats.

The Wii has 2 huge exclusive that have released, NSMB and Nintendo Land, which pushed lots of consoles at launch. It has not had any since launch.

The Wii still has Smash Bros, Mario Kart, 3D Mario, Zelda and Wii Fit that have been announced but not released. That's 2 that are released and 5 that are still to come soon.

Nintendo keeps a significant percentage of their cash holdings abroad, so they don't see a significant benefit from a weakening yen. This is a good thing, as they are protected, but they won't cut prices based on exchange rates.

The hardware components are still purchased in Japanese yen AFIAK.