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Forums - Nintendo - With what we know now, could a 100 dollar price drop push the Wii U over the X1 this holiday?

 

What could a large price drop do with what we know now?

Push it between 13 and 15 million by Jan 1st 55 28.50%
 
Give it a large push for ... 35 18.13%
 
They cannot drop it that ... 39 20.21%
 
other post below 1 0.52%
 
No one wants it, will not enhance sales 44 22.80%
 
ees ressults 8 4.15%
 
Over Reggies Dead body! 11 5.70%
 
Total:193
generic-user-1 on 12 July 2015
Ka-pi96 said:
generic-user-1 said:
i think they just have to bundle realy good and cut 50$ to win the the holidays against the xbone.
the sales of the xbone will be bad, because the ps4 will crush it.

Like last year?

i dont think it can sell well again in europe. and the us will be weaker, the ps4 is dominating and has the better line up, and m$ will not cut the prices again.



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vivster on 12 July 2015

Maybe if it drops to 100 dollars.



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JRPGfan on 12 July 2015

All I know is... Wii U cant keep its current 299$ pricetag.

I kinda expect a domino effect to happend once the PS4 gets a 50$ price cut, the Xbox one, gets one as well, which results in the Wii U getting one as well.

349$ PS4
299$ Xbox One
249$ Wii U

Happending this year? maybe.



Carl on 12 July 2015
Goodnightmoon said:

While you have a valid point you should not forguet about Xenoblade and Star Fox LOL

Those are exclusives you can´t find anywhere else and WiiU already has a ton of great exclusives games, a price drop is what thousands of people have been waiting to buy the console.


I didnt forget. Xenoblade is a non entity because of a) the date it releases and b) how well the original game did (and the fact that its already released in JP). Star Fox doesnt have a date other than "Holidays" and the franchise has been insignificant for a Decade.

The Wii U doesnt need thousands to beat the Xbox One this holiday, it needs Millions. Even with a $100 cut you will be looking at $100 discounts for Xbox One. The Wii U lineup simply isnt strong enough in 2015, wheras the Xbox One has by far the strongest lineup of the 3 consoles going into the Holiday season.



                            

AFloatingDuck on 12 July 2015

Nothing with a realistic chance of happening will push Wii U over X1.
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Goodnightmoon on 12 July 2015
Carl2291 said:
Goodnightmoon said:

While you have a valid point you should not forguet about Xenoblade and Star Fox LOL

Those are exclusives you can´t find anywhere else and WiiU already has a ton of great exclusives games, a price drop is what thousands of people have been waiting to buy the console.


I didnt forget. Xenoblade is a non entity because of a) the date it releases and b) how well the original game did (and the fact that its already released in JP). Star Fox doesnt have a date other than "Holidays" and the franchise has been insignificant for a Decade.

The Wii U doesnt need thousands to beat the Xbox One this holiday, it needs Millions. Even with a $100 cut you will be looking at $100 discounts for Xbox One. The Wii U lineup simply isnt strong enough in 2015, wheras the Xbox One has by far the strongest lineup of the 3 consoles going into the Holiday season.

Xenoblade will be a system seller even if the game itself is not a big hit (it already happen in Japan, is that kind of game, plus, is made for western audiences and this time it will not have a best buy exclusivity 2 years after the japan release), also Reggie has already said that Star Fox is their key title this holidays so it seems like they are going to push it big time to make it relevant again.

I do agree it will not sell more than WiiU, but maybe it could be closer than we think with such price drop.



bunchanumbers on 12 July 2015
spurgeonryan said:
ArchangelMadzz said:
Probably should've had that drop a year ago with smash.


But Smash was their Ace in the hole along with MK8 last year. This year was suppposed to be Zelda. So a price drop, even a likely 50 dollar one, would be their wow factor this year.


Any sales momentum for Smash was destroyed when it was announced for 3DS. It could have been huge for Wii U, but 3DS put a stop to that. MK8 was the only big game that happened for Wii U in 2014. I really think Wii U could have seen some big console sales if it was exclusive.



LipeJJ on 12 July 2015

I don't understand people that say they can't drop the price without taking a huge loss. I mean, this thing is $300 since 2012... is it really that hard to drop its price to $250? Will a super-ultra-mega outdated hardware be sold at loss at $250? wtf? You can't say they gamepad still coasts around $100... years have passed.



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Ruler on 12 July 2015

Yes why not but i think the bigger factor are games, maybe they should bundle it with 5 exclusives instead



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Aeolus451 on 12 July 2015
ArchangelMadzz said:
Probably should've had that drop a year ago with smash.

This.