Its cause I want Nintendo to succeed... ps4 is literately $50 more than the wiiU atm and it seems a ton more attractive to most consumers however having a $50 price cut will make the wiiU a lot more attractive...

$50 difference isn't much, specially if you look at the wiiU basic sales compared to the wiiU deluxe sales however $100 is a lot if you look at the xbox one price vs ps4 price (And I know its not a perfect comparison but deal with it)

Not saying Nintendo won't succeed without a price cut but I think Nintendo will sell a ton more with it

Oh and I already own wiiU deluxe so can't vote :(

The lack of a Zelda game and that price are stopping me from getting it

i can't hear you over the money I'm saving by not paying for online :D

People tend to confuse price and value. Right now, the problem with the Wii U is value not price.

300-350 is perfectly reasonable for what is being offered. The system is more powerful than other systems that are currently retailing for 200-300, it has a tablet controller, a unique online interface, etc.

The problem is value. Nintendo has yet to show off great looking games that take advantage of the hardware, and they haven't shown off great games that really take advantage of the Gamepad.

If Nintendo showed off those things, they could charge 350. Hell, they could do 400. But so far it hasn't happened.

The system doesn't have the library to be worth anymore than $200 to me. This will change eventually with more games, but that's just how it is right now.

Reminds me when the GC was $99 and people still didn't buy it. Its not the price, its the lack of value, and the general gaming population not seeing Value in the Wii U and its lackluster software atm.

I don't think the Wii U will find any huge success to be honest just because I don't think the concept itself is all that appealing to people who are non-Nintendo and that's not going to change with price cuts.

They do help of course, the GameCube got a boost from its price cuts, but price reductions generally don't bring on board people who don't like a console's concept or it's general style of library.

I do think a price cut would help the Wii U in the sense that to be honest a lot of hardcore Nintendo fans also tend to be a bit on the cheap side. They're not used to paying a high price on hardware, so a lot of them are staying on the sidelines. You'll see it on this very board, a lot of the most ardent Wii U supporters don't even have the system themselves, lol, so if Nintendo is having trouble getting even those people on board, then obviously price is one part of the problem.

The people who aren't into buying a console just for Nintendo IP and don't see a Wii Sports/Wiimote type hook for the Wii U this time around aren't going to bite at most any price though. They all already have PS3s/360s that have better software libraries than the Wii U and if they are going to upgrade the natural step up from that is PS4/XB1, not Wii U.

So in that case it's pretty much screwed, much like the GameCube, a lot of people refused to buy it at any price, because why pay even $50 for a GameCube when you're perfectly happy with your Playstation 2? You can use that $50 to buy a game. That's what happened with the GCN and I think Wii U is pretty much on the same path.

This. As long as they don't have a (steady) influx of *remarkable* software (any type, any genre as long as it hits the largest target audiences out there), it won't sell no matter the price.

If you don't understand why people are asking for a Wii U pricecut, then you probably thought that the PS3 was just fine staying at $599 US Dollarz as well.

Lots of systems have good software though. The Dreamcast did, the GameCube did ... the days of consoles like the 3DO or Jaguar that literally would have maybe 3-4 great games for their entire life cycle are over.

People just demand more from a console library these days though. They want great third party support, they want a variety of software (would you buy a Disney branded video format just for Disney movies but was lacking in films from other studios?), they want a good online network, etc. etc. etc.

That's where Nintendo runs into problems.