That's what they said about 3DS. And NIntendo 64. Look how those turned out.
Nintendo is a business, and if they want the Wii U to be ultra-competitive, a price drop will happen. Unless, of course, if the other systems are at PS3-level costs, but I highly doubt that.

If Nintendo cuts the price I'm not convinced we'd see a huge surge in Wii U sales. When the 3DS came out I knew right away that it was too much for a handheld gaming console and that I wouldn't be buying it, but the Wii U is priced right. Even without a price cut it'll still be cheaper than the PS4 and the neXtbox. Personally I'd like to see Nintendo put out some attractive limited edition bundles instead.

Sorry for not being clear. I was talking about day 1. As far as launch window goes, I think each system has done well. NES, Day 1 had Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt. Super Nintendo had Super Mario World. And N64 had Super Mario 64. All great games. Gamecube on day 1 had Luigi's Mansion. Wii on day 1 had a mini-game collection and a port of a gamecube game.

Once again, I'm not saying anything about a price drop right now. We're speculating when a price drop would happen, as it really is inevitable, even if it's years down the road.

So... I take it you really liked Wii Sports? Because I'm pretty sure Wii Sports was pretty much the same for everyone. It was really cool at first, but got old fast. And I was saying that I, personally, haven't been too happy with the available games on day 1 of launch for the gamecube and wii consoles or their pack-in games. Whether or not they were successful is irrelevant to my personal preference.

Wii Sports is what got the Wii into nursing homes, Nintendo Land will not do that. I don't see how Nintendo missed that boat with the Wii U. Again, I'm all for more people owning the console, in the hopes that it gets a wide range of support, but I am very happy with the games so far and look forward to seeing what surprises are in store outside of the typical Zelda games. I just think Nintendo is having trouble managing their development/direction right now.

I'll believe this when I see it. I honestly believe the next Microsoft console will be no more powerful than the Wii U. The nest Playstation? It could be their last.

I don't think the console needs a price drop as I think its a fair price in the UK. You can pick one up on play.com for £215
But what needs to happen ASAP is a reduction in the price of the games.
£55 quid is the most I have seen a game go for. That is ludicrous
I still have not met one person who actually owns one in the area where I live.
As sad as it is I think Nintendo have messed up with the Wii U.
I think people in the UK are turning to Microsoft for there gaming fix, it now caters for both hard core and family friendly games with kinect.
Personally I think kinect is terrible it's unresponsive and just plain awfu
I usually pop into my local GAME store once a week and I see everyone with Xbox 360 games but have never seen one person even looking at the shelf for Wii U games let alone queuing up to by one.
It's quite sad really as an avid Nintendo fan, even I think they have missed something with the Wii U.