I wonder whether nintendo is willing to go back into the red to try and boost hardware sales.

I have one already but $250 with a good game is probably the best price point ( got mine for $215 with new mario back in aug).  

As much as I love the Wii U, and already own one, a price tag of $150 would suit it much better.

Most likely to a big loss for Nintendo, but to be more realistic the Wii U does not compete with PS4 and X1, it's not as powerful and mainstream as they are.

So with a price tag of $150 they would compete more with the PS3 and X360 and place themselves in-between the two generations, kind of.

A price tag of $150 would absolutely attract more buyers, because it's a very low price for a next gen console, which the Wii U is. And everyone into gaming knows that Mario, Zelda etc. are good games. Everyone in the world, even if they don't play games knows who Mario is. So I think that a lot of people would buy it if the price was very attractive.

And a lot of parents would buy it too of course, because it's much cheaper and new.

But, Nintendo would make a great loss, right?

Most likely. People would probably have to purchase 5-6 games for nintendo to profit from that console buy. Nintendo needs to pay for third parties to make games for their system to attract other gamers 

For 200 Euro I would buy one right now. Including a game of course.

I bought it in December '12, the console has nearly halved in price since then here in Norway.

But I'd get another one if they make a real 3D Mario.

The price is actually good the way it is now, maybe 250$ might push me to buy one. However, in my opinion Nintendo needs to announce a few more Jrpg's for me to actually want the system. X and SMTxFE will not fill my need enough for it no matter if the games look amazing or not.

Well, when I pondered whether nintendo were willing to do a price cut I was thinking maybe $50, as that would be akin to cautiously dipping their toes back into the red in order to help hardware sales in the long run.  What made me sceptical being that the wii u purportedly no longer selling at a loss nintendo may be hesitant to implement a cut given the losses they've faced in the past few years, which could stunt the systems potential growth.  $150 though is simply suicidal, while the consumer would naturally welcome it the operating loss would be staggering, investors would be pissed and stock would most assuredly plummet.

I own one but a price below $249 would be great.