Would a $249.99 Wii U/Mario Kart bundle make a big impact?

In regards to the sales of the Wii U. Will it be enough to get people excited for the Wii U, or is the damage already done?

if they advertise it as much as titanfall or pokemon.

yes i think it could.

It couldn't hurt.

Way too expensive even with a game.

Make it 200$ for a deluxe system with Mario Kart and it will

250 or 300

They should bundle it, regardless.

I'd buy that.

With actual marketing and advertising, it would make a huge impact.

@Desmonic: My post didn't need clarification. The Wii U is not a next gen console and not worth that money figure. I'd get one for the likes of X but I'm not spending that on it. Over priced and under powered. That should be Nintendo's slogan.

199$ sanchez..

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not a game i'm interested in and still to expensive in my opinion

No, it wouldn't. A 250$ Wii U Zelda bundle however..

@KBFloYd: Still too much. You have to remember I already have two last gen consoles and a pc, all of which do multiplats better because of the support they receive so I'd be buying one for a tiny window of games. As in, one.

$199 with a decent game and it will sell. I've been saying that for a while now. That's the sweet spot.

@Desmonic: The PS3 and X360 cost $200....and have very similar performances, and tons more games, and are getting better support still. What makes you think the Wii U is actually worth more than them? Really? The stupid gamepad which hasn't been used well?

Give it a red Mario Kart theme, definitely.

Agreed. The PS3 plays blurays, has tons of great games that can be had for less than $10 used, and has as good or better graphics. I've never seen anything on the Wii U that looks as good as The Last of Us.

Mario kart is going to sell so many Wii U's by itself alone. A bundle would be even better.

@emgesp: Mario Kart is going to make a big impact. Not the kind the console needs, but if there's any game that needs to come out, it's Mario Kart. A price drop simply isn't happening. They were losing money selling the console at 350$ and they're losing even more at 300$. Dropping to 250 can't happen right now.

But I think Wii U sales are going to see a big jump in May. I think we'll probably see 300,000 consoles sold -- sad that's a big jump -- and the game will easily sell over a million.

As far as the other half of your post, I don't think the Wii U is going to be saved sales-wise, but I've been saying it for awhile, that's a good thing for people supporting the console. Nintendo loves to not try when they're on top. The longer Nintendo struggles, the more games I get to play on my Wii U.

@Desmonic: You're quoting the age to me like it matters. We're talking about the price of the wii u. One of the reasons I think it's trash is it doesn't outperform that 8 year old hardware. Which is unforgivable. And considering the package you get with one of those and the struggle Nintendo is having with wii u support justify it being more money. I'm serious. Don't quote the age, the tech is a similar standard. Justify why it should cost more. You don't get an online, you don't get third party, the mass of existing titles, so much as a DVD player let alone a blu ray, you get a paltry memory storage. Justify it!

He can't. If it wasn't overpriced in the mind of the consumer then it would be selling. That's just basic economics. It's sold like crap because most consumers think it's priced higher than what it's worth.

@Desmonic: we're having a perfectly reasonable discussion and you pull that out, just to dodge the question you obviously can't answer.

Yeah, Id probably pick that up. At least, it would be hard to resist.

Wii U is beyond salvage.

Mario Kart 8 should do great regardless.

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I could imagine that they do something like this for Christmas this year if sales don't pick up. If they did do that... I don't see why anyone should pass on a Wii U. Mario Kart 8 bundled and get Smash Bros. on the side.

Even at $300 that bundle would sell many units.

@wolverine4262:

How can anyone expect a big impact when no1 knows the wiiu even exist?

Maybe.

Lol doc.

I'm all over this if it's an actual bundle.

It wont make much of a dent, I honestly hope it doesn't as Nintendo need to realize that bringing out the same games every console generation is no longer good enough.

Mariokart will make an impact regardless of whether its bundled, price-dropped, whatever. It will sell systems. Enough to really change anything though, highly doubtful.

I think at that price I might bite. Now all they need to do is announce a new Star Fox game.

WiiU is locked and loaded for last place this gen. MK8 wont stop that.

$250???

how is that a deal at all?

Seems very over priced.

I'll give $75 for that bundle, thats about as far i'll go

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Will be a great game and will probably buy, but not convinced it will be a system seller. I hope the best for Nintendo, but the Wii U is a generation too late, and not sure any game will help it rebound. I hope I am wrong.

$249. Throw in these and you might have a deal -

• A hardrive
• A standard controller
• An ethernet adapter
• Mario Kart 8

was thinking same thing. $199 is where they need to get WiiU. The average consumer has caught on to the fact that it is some what lagging behind the other two in tech

A Mario Kart bundle would help, but nothing is going to make Wii Us fly off the shelf at this point... unless they start pricing it at $150 which isn't happening.

No, but a $199 bundle with mario kart would make me go out and buy one just for fucks sake.

Don't care for Mario Kart,...Smash bros on the other hand. Make it $200 with SB and a pro controller and I'll get it for sure.