This price drop will not do much. The cheapest Wii U was $300 and still is $300. You should think of this more like the Wii U getting nothing but a small memory upgrade. People could however have a stigma of the white wii u being the bad one, so this could help. Also since it is a month away, sales will lump to that week.

I'd say 85k and 5k the week before.

Wind Waker HD comeing out the same day will help.

Edited for a recalculation ;)

I feel your pain Kressy! I was playing videogames when it happemed. Last time I make that mistake!

the price drop include japan? if so, I'm expecting 120k, but the real improvement won't be seen on that week, it will be in the holiday.

Nintendo doesn't have a fixed price for the WiiU in Europe. Retailers can decide for how much they sell it. Therefore Nintendo doesn't have much influence on the price.

Besides... Europe already got inofficial price cuts that were worth more than $100 compared to launch price.

Will Wind Waker really push hardware that much? I was going to say around 60k.

Hell, I'll stick with 60k.

Anywhere between 70-80k.

Perhaps, but I expect a real push here in Europe come the launch of Ind Waker. And I imagine this cut will extend to Japan as well.

I suppose.  I was hoping an "official" £50 off would mean even further retailer reductions :(

Zelda and Mario were pushed up.  Zelda is same day as price cut now.

I think what I get from this thread is that no one is really sure how the system will do with the price cut. I like a good mystery!