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Red4ADevil on 20 November 2012

If that's the case, then Nintendo just made profit from me 3 times over. Congrats Nintendo.



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happydolphin on 20 November 2012

@op. They will be profiting on HW due to manufacturing optimizations in no time.



sethnintendo on 20 November 2012

They should have sold it for $250!



Vinniegambini on 20 November 2012
RolStoppable said:
Pesmerga7551 said:
osed125 said:

I'm pretty sure 90% of Wii U owners bought NSMBU, so Nintendo is pretty much set.

No release in history, even at a launch period has numbers anywhere this high. To even think a game has a 30% attach rate per console purchased is unrealistic.

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/35239/Japan/

N64: 300,469
Super Mario 64: 292,310

You beat me to it -_- damn lol



ninetailschris on 21 November 2012
RolStoppable said:
That's good news for a change.

But as a hardcore gamer, it infuriates me that Nintendo isn't selling the system at a greater loss, because that would be the honorable thing to do.


I'm still upset that wii-u isn't making them lose a billion dollars every four months.



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coolguy on 21 November 2012

How much is the wii u loseing on each console sold 20 dollars 10 dollars ???



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prayformojo on 21 November 2012

And IF they had just went with a normal controller, the entire console would sell at a profit AND would probably be a little more powerful.



kain_kusanagi on 21 November 2012

For some reason it bothers me that they are breaking even on the system instead of selling it at a loss. MS and Sony have always sold at a loss at launch so we gamers don't have to empty our checking accounts to get the latest in gaming tech. I would rather Nintendo sell at a loss with higher end hardware or sell the lower end hardware for far less than they are asking for the Wii U.

If Sony or MS built a system today with the Wii U's specs would they have sold it for $150-$200 at launch? I don't know, but it kinds f sucks that Nintendo isn't passing their savings on to their customers. Especially with how much money they have in the bank and know they will pad their pockets with in the coming years.



sethnintendo on 21 November 2012
kain_kusanagi said:
For some reason it bothers me that they are breaking even on the system instead of selling it at a loss. MS and Sony have always sold at a loss at launch so we gamers don't have to empty our checking accounts to get the latest in gaming tech. I would rather Nintendo sell at a loss with higher end hardware or sell the lower end hardware for far less than they are asking for the Wii U.

If Sony or MS built a system today with the Wii U's specs would they have sold it for $150-$200 at launch? I don't know, but it kinds f sucks that Nintendo isn't passing their savings on to their customers. Especially with how much money they have in the bank and know they will pad their pockets with in the coming years.

So you would rather have the company subsidies the system for you.  Isn't making profit the whole point of running a business?  Sure you can sell your systems for a loss and hope to make it up later through peripherals and software sales.  However, why the hell would you want to devalue your product so much where you are taking a hit at each system sold.  Complain all you want but Nintendo has never sold a system for a loss till 3DS early price cut and Wii U launch.  If anything they are taking your advice.



archbrix on 21 November 2012
RolStoppable said:
Vinniegambini said:

You beat me to it -_- damn lol

It happens. But the only thing that matters in the end is that his ass got kicked and his name was taken.

 Indeed, though it's not hard to do with an individual who resorts to insults yet can't spell the word "dingleberry"...

OT:  Good to hear.  Also, he doesn't specify that the software purchased that leads to profitability must be a 1st party game.  In any case, hopefully this means that the deluxe SKU is profitable right off the bat.