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Ultrashroomz on 27 September 2015

I'd say $50 at most, and even then, it might not happen.



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NoirSon on 27 September 2015

At best within the next 12 months, Nintendo themselves would only drop the Wii U by $50-$75, but that alone might spark other retailers to drop it more in some bundle deals.



vivster on 27 September 2015

It needs to come soon if it expects to sell 55m.



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zippy on 27 September 2015
vivster said:
It needs to come soon if it expects to sell 55m.

I think it will sell 55m with a price increase.



Scisca on 27 September 2015
zippy said:
vivster said:
It needs to come soon if it expects to sell 55m.

I think it will sell 55m with a price increase.


Now, now. It's still too early to increase the price. You do that after Christmas - worked wonders for the Xbone!



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superchunk on 27 September 2015

Not $100.

Unless PS4/X1 do an official price drop, WiiU will have a sale/bundles and remain as is until NX announced / released in 2016.



DivinePaladin on 27 September 2015
spurgeonryan said:
asqarkabab said:
No even if it gets a price drop it will not help


Depends on the size. Too small and it will only give it a small boost. 100 dollars could be a long term boost.

Even when the GameCube was $100 TOTAL it didn't sell too spectacularly, so any long term boost would probably be minimal. I honestly think Nintendo will ride out the wave as it is, because many people waiting on a price drop will likely cave eventually at $300 bundled with games. Is it the smartest move? No clue! 



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Miyamotoo on 28 September 2015

I finding pretty funny that Wii U will be only 50$ cheaper than PS4/XboxOne on some markets, things would be much funnier if Xbox One get another price cut to $300.

$100 price cut isn't option for Wii U because it would make lose for Nintendo, but $50 is possible and Wii U needs to keep at least $50 lower price than PS4/Xbox One.

Saying that Wii U will have $200 price only when NX arrives on market and that will be probably lowest Wii U price ever.



PuswiTendo on 28 September 2015

A price drop of 100$/€ is very large in my opinion. They could do that and the Wii U weekly figures would increase about 20-25%, but the price would way lower and Nintendo will win less money.

I'd do that only in the last six months of the Wii U in the market.



JRPGfan on 28 September 2015

They spent like 80$ on the gamepad.... which is more or less a fixed price.
How are they going to cut from 300$ ---> 200$, if there is a 80$ gamepad cost?

You want them to take the hardware inside the Wii U that they now sell for 220$ and shrink that down to 120$ ?
Thats a tall order.

Getting a die shrink doesnt just cut price of a console's inner hardware in half by itself.

It comes down to alot of component design choices, and I dont think Nintendo designed it to, drop that much in price over time.

 

*edit:

Nintendo needs 50$ cut though... it cant compete 300$ vs a PS4/Xbone that cost the same.