The DeanBeat: Can a price cut stop the Nintendo Wii U from sinking?

The $50 price cut that Nintendo announced for the Wii U this week might boost sales, but the question is whether or not this will save its struggling game console.

The price cut was something that the industry and analysts were clamoring for, yet it comes just nine months after the tepid debut of the Wii U, which has motion sensors like its predecessor, the Wii, and a new tablet-like touchscreen controller that was meant to introduce the idea of asynchronous play, where one player was doing something different from others with standard controllers. But the initial line-up of Wii U games was weak, and Nintendo only recently began churning out its ambitious first-party titles such as Pikmin 3. The company promises a solid line up games this fall, as well as a new 2DS handheld.