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Forums - Nintendo - $250 Mario Kart 8 Wii U Bundle. Will It Happen!? <(^_^<)

 

So will it?

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Naw mawn... 78 50.98%
 
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Luck on 23 March 2014

It will happen if both Mario Kart and Smash Bros fails to revive the Wii U, not before that.



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Lonely_Dolphin on 23 March 2014
AZWification said:

A Mario Kart 8 bundle would make  Wii U sales skyrocket by 900000000000% and that's why Nintendo won't release a bundle like that one.



Cmon, Nintendo isn't that dumb! They surely realize by now that MK8 is likely their last chance to change the Wii U's trajectory. They'll have two more months time to think about this too since nothing else is going on with the Wii U until then.

Lonely_Dolphin on 23 March 2014
tbone51 said:
It wont happen, They'll lose another $110 per wiiu on it.


Gotta source for that number?

Lonely_Dolphin on 23 March 2014
2008ProchargedGT said:
altho it would be awesome i would be pissed because MK8 is why i bought my wiiU bundle with zelda lol


Well then you'd be pissed regardless as unless you buy a console at the end of it's life, price cuts, remodels, bundles, etc. are going to keep happening throughout every system's life!

st0pnsw0p on 23 March 2014
Einsam_Delphin said:
tbone51 said:
It wont happen, They'll lose another $110 per wiiu on it.


Gotta source for that number?


$50 because of the price cut and another $60 because that's what Mario Kart 8 will cost by itself. Of course, not all of those $60 will go directly to Nintendo, but it's close enough.



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Luck on 23 March 2014
Einsam_Delphin said:
AZWification said:

A Mario Kart 8 bundle would make  Wii U sales skyrocket by 900000000000% and that's why Nintendo won't release a bundle like that one.

Cmon, Nintendo isn't that dumb! They surely realize by now that MK8 is likely their last chance to change the Wii U's trajectory. They'll have two more months time to think about this too since nothing else is going on with the Wii U until then.

Why not wait and see what Mario Kart will do as a stand alone retail game before throwing money away by bundling it and doing a price cut ?



Lonely_Dolphin on 23 March 2014
Slarvax said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
Slarvax said:
Game bundle? Sure!
50$ price cut? Naah...


Wynaut!?

Wobuffet! They're already losing money, and Iwata has said that price cuts aren't the solution.



Neither of which stopped them from doing the first price cut!

2008ProchargedGT on 23 March 2014
Einsam_Delphin said:
2008ProchargedGT said:
altho it would be awesome i would be pissed because MK8 is why i bought my wiiU bundle with zelda lol


Well then you'd be pissed regardless as unless you buy a console at the end of it's life, price cuts, remodels, bundles, etc. are going to keep happening throughout every system's life!

yeah i get what your saying but i meant because i just bought it a few months ago



Lonely_Dolphin on 23 March 2014
st0pnsw0p said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
tbone51 said:
It wont happen, They'll lose another $110 per wiiu on it.


Gotta source for that number?


$50 because of the price cut and another $60 because that's what Mario Kart 8 will cost by itself. Of course, not all of those $60 will go directly to Nintendo, but it's close enough.



Except I'm not suggesting they bundle MK8 in addition to WWHD or NSMB. That should of been obvious!

Lonely_Dolphin on 23 March 2014
Luck said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
AZWification said:

A Mario Kart 8 bundle would make  Wii U sales skyrocket by 900000000000% and that's why Nintendo won't release a bundle like that one.

Cmon, Nintendo isn't that dumb! They surely realize by now that MK8 is likely their last chance to change the Wii U's trajectory. They'll have two more months time to think about this too since nothing else is going on with the Wii U until then.

Why not wait and see what Mario Kart will do as a stand alone retail game before throwing money away by bundling it and doing a price cut ?



Because another price cut is needed and inevitable, so best to coincide it with the system's biggest game to maximize the impact. Also this'll help grow the install base so games like Bayo 2, X, Hyrule Warriors, etc. don't bomb so hard.