Max King of the Wild said: zorg1000 said: It seems u took our conversation to heart But ya a $50 price cut in May to coincide with Mario Kart 8 and a bundle would be ideal. If possible a redesign that cuts manufacturing costs down a bit and a smaller Gamepad would be great. Awkward time for a price cut. Especially when MK8 figures already. Got to do it to sustain momentum. End of the quarter to prevent losses appearing for the quarter or begining of the 4th quarter when holiday sales would mask losses would be the best bet for a price cut. So June (announced during e3?) or Sept/Oct

Mario Kart 8 releases May 30th. May aswell consider that June!

DevilRising said: Doubt it. You know what else probably won't get a cut this year? These threads.

I don't recall seeing a thread about this. Plus it's not like it's a doom thread.

Einsam_Delphin said: Mario Kart 8 releases May 30th. May aswell consider that June!

I suppose. Still, if you think MK8 will boost sales like it should then I'd expect Nintendo would want two boosts (one after MK8 effect starts dropping) to sustain momentum. But I guess you cant go wrong either way here (other than not dropping the price if MK8 does not having the expected effect).

Depends how well the wii u can sell with mk8 imo. If the sales continue being terrible then i think we will see a price cut a the end of the year with smash bros. release.

finally a k̶i̶n̶e̶c̶t̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ ... Just get rid of the gamepad!

They'll probably cut the price by $50 this year.

Nah... They'd lose way too much. The price is ok I guess.

Max King of the Wild said: Einsam_Delphin said: Mario Kart 8 releases May 30th. May aswell consider that June! I suppose. Still, if you think MK8 will boost sales like it should then I'd expect Nintendo would want two boosts (one after MK8 effect starts dropping) to sustain momentum. But I guess you cant go wrong either way here (other than not dropping the price if MK8 does not having the expected effect).

Honestly, I think if they just release Mario Kart 8 as is, meaning no price cut, no bundle, then the boost is gonna be pretty short lived. They really needa atleast bundle MK8 in, as I feel the current bundle options are insufficient. You either have a game that was already on the market for a year prior to it's bundling that had a similar game release months prior (albeit on 3DS), or a game that was originally released like 10 years ago. They need a new, fresh, original game to be bundled in, and what better one than MK8! And sure they could save the price cut for later, but considering all the games they have coming in the second half of the year, it would really help them all sell. For sustaining momentum, games like Hyrule Warriors, X, Yoshi Yarn, Bayonetta 2, etc. should hopefully help with that up until SSB4 releases.

Einsam_Delphin said: zorg1000 said: It seems u took our conversation to heart But ya a $50 price cut in May to coincide with Mario Kart 8 and a bundle would be ideal. If possible a redesign that cuts manufacturing costs down a bit and a smaller Gamepad would be great. This thread has nothing to do with that lol.

It inspired u tho, just admit it

Einsam_Delphin said: Jizz_Beard_thePirate said: No cause they are already losing money, if they do another one, they will lose even more money... But with that being said I think if they are going to do a price cut, it will be at least one month after Smash They were losing money when they did the first price cut too ya know! Atleast this time they'll have more games out to help make up for the losses, but in order for those games to sell, they need a base to sell on, hence the price cut.

I think they may cut, but losses could be worse than last year.

Last year they still quite a bit of sales of Wii & DS software helping to cover losses.

This year Wii U & 3DS sales are going to have to brunt most of the operating expenses of Nintendo.

That, and Campbell's soup. ;)