Would the PC gaming model work for the Wii U?

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attaboy on 09 August 2013

chapset said:

Cobretti2 said:

chapset said:
no, they'll never profit on the hardware that way and you know how greedy Nintendo is

Uh you do relaise NIntendo is selling WIi U at a loss.

Also you do realise they can't exactly sell ahrdware at a $200 loss as MIcrososft or a Sony could do. THis is simply because the other companies are invovled in more than just gaming so they cna offset losses in one division.

Finally glad to see another constructive comment from you.

you do know they would profit from the wii U eventually but with what the op said they wouldn't. And no one is forcing you to read my comments so keep your bitching to yourself

I guess I agree with what Rolstopable said--that many wouldn't buy the normal Wii U because it would be seen as an inferior (but affordable) option and that others wouldn't buy the higher end model because Nintendo fans aren't graphics whores. But why would it never be profitable? If the higher end version wasn't sold at a loss and the lower end version eventually became managable as production costs went down--why wouldn't Nintendo profit? I'm not going to act like I know a thing about business. It was just an idea I had. It seems to have worked for them in the past (not quite with their only home console, but still...). Explain to me why it couldn't be a financial success?

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JEMC on 09 August 2013

No, it wouldn't work.

Sega tried it with the Genesis/MegaDrive and they failed.

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chapset on 09 August 2013

attaboy said:

chapset said:

Cobretti2 said:

chapset said:
no, they'll never profit on the hardware that way and you know how greedy Nintendo is

Uh you do relaise NIntendo is selling WIi U at a loss.

Also you do realise they can't exactly sell ahrdware at a $200 loss as MIcrososft or a Sony could do. THis is simply because the other companies are invovled in more than just gaming so they cna offset losses in one division.

Finally glad to see another constructive comment from you.

you do know they would profit from the wii U eventually but with what the op said they wouldn't. And no one is forcing you to read my comments so keep your bitching to yourself

I guess I agree with what Rolstopable said--that many wouldn't buy the normal Wii U because it would be seen as an inferior (but affordable) option and that others wouldn't buy the higher end model because Nintendo fans aren't graphics whores. But why would it never be profitable? If the higher end version wasn't sold at a loss and the lower end version eventually became managable as production costs went down--why wouldn't Nintendo profit? I'm not going to act like I know a thing about business. It was just an idea I had. It seems to have worked for them in the past (not quite with their only home console, but still...). Explain to me why it couldn't be a financial success?

Depend what you mean by High end, if you are talking PS4 level plus the gamepad they would be losing money at 500$ but if you mean just barely stronger than the wii U sell it at 500$ and not lose money then it would be pointless and only resulting in fragmenting the user base. Imagine if third parties release games running smoothly on the super wii U but play like shit on the regular wii U that would be very bad publicity. Fragmentation of the user base is never good soon or later one of the two itteration would be discontinued.