@Captain_Gonru That's a good point. And one I feel they are discussing, b/c w/o Iwata to make decisions they probably just squabble all day about what to do now to right the sinking ship b/c even though they have a new President who's listening to him? Not Reggie. Not Myamoto, not Anumoa (Zelda guy), not NoE President guy. So I figure they haven't had a Wii U price cut yet b/c they don't know how much - $199, $229, $269 - they'll never do $249, too easy. And they don't know when they want to launch NX and more importantly when it will be ready to launch. PS3 was delayed a year I think due to blu ray drive issues.

So, $199 now then NX next year annoys people, I agree. But $299 and $249 or $229 annoys people who buy one also. But I think it's better to sell the 2 million at $199 and sell some more games and more amiibo, and have less inventory to clear out next year w/ NX, then to just have the console wither and die on the shelf at $299. People who waited 3 years to buy a Wii U probably aren't day 1 adopters for NX. By the time NX is out 3 years they'll forget their Wii U purchase. And as I've said many times bfore, NX isn't for th e10 or 12 mil Wii U owners, it's for the other 88 or 90 mil Wii owners who haven't upgraded yet.

101 mil Wii + 80 mil PS3 + 80 mil Xbox360 = 261 mil

11 mil Wii U + 30 mil PS4 + 13 mil Xbox 1 = 54 mil

That's 207 mil gen 7 owners who haven't upgraded to gen 8 yet. Not all of them will, but that's who Nintneod has to go after w/ NX before they all buy PS4s. NX isn't for Wii U, PS4 or X1 owners, it's for Wii, PS3 and X360 owners b/c 200m > 50m. But if they wait until 2017 they will all own PS4s.

Of course one thing I've found interesting and silent, are they still making Wii U? You would think in this day and age w/ all the NSA tech we would know how many a day or week or month are being made and shipped. Obviously not alot, but any? Maybe no price cut b/c there are none left to sell? I remember clearly the day I heard Dreamcast was stopped being produced, and I haven't heard that about Wii U yet, but how many are out there left to sell, at any price? Maybe they don't want to ramp up production to cover the sales increase a price cut would bring. They could probably sell twice the amiibo they are making yet they don't make more of those. Maybe they are done w/ Wii U? Sure seems like it.

Regardless of all of that, it still needs a price cut, or Nintendo just loses all of it's costumers for being too stupid too function. Tech either drops in price or gets replaced. new 3DS is still the same price as old 3DS, but at least it's new. Can't keep selling same old Wii U for the old price.

And NX will be out in 2016. Reggie doesn't say - "We'll tell you more about it in 2016" - only for it to come out in 2017. And those ruomours of closed door screening and dev kits. And the initial March 17 "NX" by Iwata. All for 2017? I don't think so. (I heard my dad's voice in my head w/ that "I don't think so.") They keep saying "more in 2016", but not once have they ever said it won't be out until 2017. Or maybe they did and I missed it.

Sony gave them the blueprint w/ PS4 in 2013 - announce hardware specs in Feb, show games at E3, release in Nov. Can't argue w/ success.

Sorry if this is a tad disjointed, keep getting interrupted by trick-or-treaters. I'm fine w/ it but reading this might have been a mess.

OK, time to get to work, PC was dead this morning, just beeps. Got it working but not sure what happened, time to boot, reboot, connect, disconnect, all while handing out candy. Fun.