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WII u gamepad makes it more expensive to manufacture?



 

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Wii U gamepad is like 80-150$ compared to x1 and ps4 controllers which are $50.



the gamepad, and having more volume would help too.



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Yeah, like people said, the gamepad and Nintendo wanting more profit.



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Gamepad and the fact it is a unique system where the PS4 and XBOne are basically PCs



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A few things...

Firstly, the Wii U's chipset is highly customized, which means they'll have to pay more for them. The chip was customized to keep energy consumption low... Stupid decision, but there you have it.

An extra LCD screen is going to bring up the price as well.

And of course, Nintendo at this point doesn't really need or want to take a loss leading strategy. Their best bet at this point is to try to make what money they can off of the Wii U, and try to push sales with game bundles rather than price cuts. The Wii U is clearly not competing with the PS4 or XBox One, so no need to get in a price war. Get what you can out of it in its last year.



Nintendo next system needs to be 200 dollar max. By the time NX comes out next year, the xbox one and ps4 will be 300 dollar or less.