TWRoO on 01 August 2009
The Wii was not made from expensive chips in the first place, the cost reduction on them is minimal.
In fact, due to the bad exchange rate, American and European Wiis are probably making Nintendo LESS profit now than they did at launch.
In fact, if you look at the fiscal reports... you can see they don't make anywhere near that, and in fact the most optimistic estimate would be that they made $50 per console, but it more likely averages out to $30-40.
IF the exchange rate had remained similar to what it was at launch, then the Wii could probably be making $80-90 average per console.... but it certainly would't make over $100
