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Nintendo fans will have to wait until next year to know the release date and price of the Wii U, confirmed company President Satoru Iwata.
Speaking to investors as part of a recent Q&A published today, Iwata stated Nintendo has to regain consumer trust before the launch of Wii U. The early price cut of the 3DS could force consumers to hold off on buying the new console at launch.
"I feel greatly accountable for it," he said of the 3DS price cut. "Our decision of the price markdown this time has a side effect that, at the launch of the Wii U, people may feel that the price might drop in the near future if they wait.
"Nevertheless, we have decided to cut down the price of the Nintendo 3DS as we consider it as a necessary decision now. What we will be able to do to recover the consumers' trust before the launch of the Wii U is very important to us."
The Wii U isn't expected to launch until the start of Nintendo's next fiscal year, which begins April 1, 2012. Iwata said news of the console's price and release date won't be coming until sometime next year.
"Since the Wii U we showed you at the E3 show in June was still in the development phase without very specific proposals on the software titles, we are going to announce the release date and the price next year when we are able to explain the specific proposals," he said.
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Speaking to investors as part of a recent Q&A published today, Iwata stated Nintendo has to regain consumer trust before the launch of Wii U. The early price cut of the 3DS could force consumers to hold off on buying the new console at launch.
"I feel greatly accountable for it," he said of the 3DS price cut. "Our decision of the price markdown this time has a side effect that, at the launch of the Wii U, people may feel that the price might drop in the near future if they wait.
"Nevertheless, we have decided to cut down the price of the Nintendo 3DS as we consider it as a necessary decision now. What we will be able to do to recover the consumers' trust before the launch of the Wii U is very important to us."
The Wii U isn't expected to launch until the start of Nintendo's next fiscal year, which begins April 1, 2012. Iwata said news of the console's price and release date won't be coming until sometime next year.
"Since the Wii U we showed you at the E3 show in June was still in the development phase without very specific proposals on the software titles, we are going to announce the release date and the price next year when we are able to explain the specific proposals," he said.
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