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Miyamotoo on 02 December 2015
Eddie_Raja said:
Miyamotoo said:

Build costs of Wii U gamepad were around $80 in 2012, today build costs are probably around $50-60, Wii U pro controller build cost are around $15, so today without Wii U gamepad we could have around $50 Wii U lower price at most. So its not like that Wii U would have price of $150 like people are assuming, buy official price around $250 instead current $300 definitely.


I completely believe Nintendo should be selling the Wii U with a Pro Controller instead of a gamepad for $150.  That is how much that console is worth, and the longer they wait, the more they become irrelivant. 

$150 Wii U wouldn't change anything it just make Nintendo a loose. And offcourse that console dont worth only $150.

GC had $100 price and again sold poorly, you can say that Nintendo become irrelevant that gen, but after that they had best generation ever in gaming, so bad or good current gen does not much on next gen.



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Eddie_Raja on 02 December 2015
SpokenTruth said:
Eddie_Raja said:
Miyamotoo said:

Build costs of Wii U gamepad were around $80 in 2012, today build costs are probably around $50-60, Wii U pro controller build cost are around $15, so today without Wii U gamepad we could have around $50 Wii U lower price at most. So its not like that Wii U would have price of $150 like people are assuming, buy official price around $250 instead current $300 definitely.


I completely believe Nintendo should be selling the Wii U with a Pro Controller instead of a gamepad for $150.  That is how much that console is worth, and the longer they wait, the more they become irrelivant. 

Relevancy is already lost upon the mainstream and non-fan markets.  Right now it's about keeping as much revenue as possible until they can move forward with new revenue streams (consoles).

The Wii U will never achieve market relevancy and they know this.   So they do not have a market derived incentive to reduce revenue that greatly.

Remeber when GC dropped down to $99?  That didn't really help their overall revenue.  Same situation here.


Never said they were going to, or that financially they should.  I agree with pretty much everything you said lol.

Hopefully Nintendo gets a clue next gen.



Prediction for console Lifetime sales:

Wii:100-120 million, PS3:80-110 million, 360:70-100 million

[Prediction Made 11/5/2009]

3DS: 65m, PSV: 22m, Wii U: 18-22m, PS4: 80-120m, X1: 35-55m

I gauruntee the PS5 comes out after only 5-6 years after the launch of the PS4.

[Prediction Made 6/18/2014]

FallingTitan on 06 March 2016

I see a 50 dollar price drop in christmas time for the final sales year of wii u. then when nx comes out wii U will be 99 bucks to sell of inventory to get some money back on remaining stock piles.



Random_Matt on 06 March 2016

Nintendo should take a loss, get it into people's homes. But Sony are way smarter (PS3).



Uabit on 06 March 2016

The gamepad. Also Wii U's architecture is powerpc which makes it also more expensive (it's processor is very low end hardware but still expensive).



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Mr Puggsly on 06 March 2016
Random_Matt said:

Nintendo should take a loss, get it into people's homes. But Sony are way smarter (PS3).

MS is smart too, they lost tons of money on hardware!

Seriously though, a smart move is making hardware they dont lose a ton of money on. Like X1 and PS4.



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gabzjmm23 on 07 March 2016

If Nintendo sold the Wii U without a gamepad and just updated the WiiU OS to make it work with a pro controller within its first year then it could have sold more.



Dr.Henry_Killinger on 07 March 2016

Nintendo rarely drops prices on anything.
I'm not entirely convinced MS and Sony are losing that much from their prices because they were designed more like PCs so price of manufacturer has probably dropped faster then ever.



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mountaindewslave on 07 March 2016
Snoopy said:
Nintendo next system needs to be 200 dollar max. By the time NX comes out next year, the xbox one and ps4 will be 300 dollar or less.

The system doesn't need to be at a low cost point like that if it has strong specs. if its not more powerful than the Xone and PS4 then I agree of course though



greenmedic88 on 07 March 2016

Lower volume sales, the lack of willingness to cut margins on the units being sold, the lack of a potential market to significantly increase sales volume and inability to significantly lower BoM.