Should Nintendo slash the price of the Wii U?

[Chuck Ballymoo]

The sales figures are horror-movie grim still. Even Super Mario 3D World did not help matter much. Yes it got a 300% boost in sales in November. But compared to what? A 300% increase of 50k units? Cartoonishly dreadful.

Should Nintendo just dramatically slash the price to 100 dollars? They cut the price of the 3Dsand it worked wonders. Isnt it better for people to have the friggen console so they can buy the games? If they slashed the price, the number of Wii Us would go up ten fold. I assume they make waaaay more money anyway from the sales of the games themselves than from the one-time sale of the console anyway. There first and foremost needs to be more consoles in households for games to be purchased.

 

[New Super Mario]

No. It's already underpriced the way it is.

What they need is advertising.

 

[Glowsquid]

I assume they make waaaay more money anyway from the sales of the games themselves than from the one-time sale of the console anyway.

They don't, the console was sold at loss before the price cut. "Slashing the price" would be catastrophic for Nintendo's bottomline.

 

[Chuck Ballymoo]

I assume they make waaaay more money anyway from the sales of the games themselves than from the one-time sale of the console anyway.

They don't, the console was sold at loss before the price cut. "Slashing the price" would be catastrophic for Nintendo's bottomline.

I have changed my position because of this post.But you can see why one might initially think why one might think that there being 10 million Wii Us out there would be a bad think even if everyone was sold at a loss because in the longrun...

 

[Stargatedalek]

while that would be the only way I ever buy one, especially with the ps4 now under consideration, and the possible price drop in xbox 360 with the xbox one now, I don't think price cutting would be a good idea, considering the wii is still selling so well, nintendo doesn't need the wii u

the new smash brothers coming should boost sales I imagine

 

[Ray Trace]

I think making the games cost at default ten dollars more was pretty stupid if not totally unnecessary

 

[Chuck Ballymoo]

while that would be the only way I ever buy one, especially with the ps4 now under consideration, and the possible price drop in xbox 360 with the xbox one now, I don't think price cutting would be a good idea, considering the wii is still selling so well, nintendo doesn't need the wii u

the new smash brothers coming should boost sales I imagine

What are you sayimg they should abandon the U and just go back to the Wii? I would hate to think Nintendowould be better off releasing the next Smash on the Wii.

 

[Baby Mario Bloops]

$100?

hahahahahahahahahaha

If anything, $250, but they would NEVER go that low, even once the Wii U's successor is out.

Besides, I've seen like 10 Wii U commercials on Youtube and like 7 on Television these past few days, so they are actually advertising more.

 

[ToxBox]

Me too and on hulu too and PS4 too at hulu

 

[DragonFreak]

Nintendo take note, advertise the heck out of things Like the Wii, it works.

 

[Chuck Ballymoo]

$100?

hahahahahahahahahaha

If anything, $250, but they would NEVER go that low, even once the Wii U's successor is out.

Besides, I've seen like 10 Wii U commercials on Youtube and like 7 on Television these past few days, so they are actually advertising more.

You mean you actually thought I was SERIOUS with the hundred dollars? It was a jokey sarcastic exaggeration. my only point is a huge price cut worked tremendously to Nintendos favor with the 3DS. Why is the Wii U any different?

 

[Baby Mario Bloops]

Well, did you not see the fact that there was a price cut by $50? Is that not a price cut at all?

Besides, sales are not terrible in the least. They are just as well - and better - as the PS3 was doing at this time, which you saw how successful that console was for Sony.

It just had a late start, but sales are definitely starting to affect the numbers and I do think that the Wii U will be having a rocketing improvement in sales this upcoming year.

 

[Meta Knight]

I think making the games cost at default ten dollars more was pretty stupid if not totally unnecessary

No. It's already underpriced the way it is.

What they need is advertising.

This

 

[Ultraluigi]

I'd like it considering my family doesn't have enough money at all, but it wouldn't be a good move.

 

[Purple Yoshi]

No. It's already, like, $100 cheaper than the other next-gen consoles. And I don't think they can use the excuse "no one wants to buy expensive items after the GFC" anymore, can they?

Oh, and I saw a Super Mario 3D World add on TV this morning. So they ARE advertising.