[quote name='maximumzero']This is unfortunately going to drag this thread off-topic, but I have to ask:
If there's "absolutely no reason" to get a Wii U, why did you buy yours on launch day?[/QUOTE]
Sounded like he wishes he had waited. I imagine he didn't expect the Wii U to be as bad as it's been. And it's been pretty bad.
As to the OP, I can't say I'm surprised they're shedding some inventory of the non-bundle at a discount. The non-bundle without Nintendoland is a pretty terrible deal and it's a bad color, too, so what do you expect except it sitting on the shelves collecting dust.
I remember when Nintendo released the Wii, everyone kept saying, "But why doesn't it come in black?" When it released in black, Nintendo had an explosion of Wii sales of people crying out in joy and replacing white Wii's with identical except black Wii's. The white ones were either taken out back, told to look at the sunset and shot in the back of the head in a mercy killing.
Or sold to Gamestop where they watched lots of the other toys get chosen and taken away while they sat on the shelf of misfit toys along with the nGage, original white Xbox 360 Core (the one without the hard drive) or the original Xbox 360 Pro (20 GB hd, white, probably after the Slim launched), and the PSP Brothers: PSPGo and PSVita.
I'd wait longer, though. Larger price cuts are bound to be coming. History is repeating itself. 3DS was tanking. What did they do? First, a Zelda remake of a classic in higher resolution. Then announce a price cut and offer a new 3D Mario plus a classic Nintendo title in time for the holidays. That, my friends, is The 3DS Solution.
The Wii U has that Zelda remake of a classic coming. Next will come the price drop and Mario with classic franchise getting a new update, too. Just in time for the holidays and the next Xbox and Playstation. Why buy now when there are arguably no games worth buying that won't be cheaper after the price drop? Certainly, NSMB U doesn't demand to be played right away when you have a bajillion other NSMB's to play on other Nintendo consoles or, hell, you can go back and play the classics that inspired them that are probably better anyway for a lot less.