HappySqurriel on 01 December 2008
I think it is possible that Nintendo may make much less than people anticipate from hardware sales when all costs are considered ...
Most console manufacturing cost estimates focus entirely on the cost of the console to manufacture and never consider the cost of things like the controllers and accessories that ship with the system, the power adapters and video cables, the packaging and documentation, the cost to ship a console half way across the world, or any profit made by the retailer; although none of these costs are (amazingly) large on their own, when added up they can make up a noticeable portion of the sale price of a console.
