Nintedo to cut -scratch that- RAISE Wii Price!

[mike_intellivision]

N.Genckel said:

Pyro as Bill said:
I thought the Wii was estimated to be making $6 profit per console.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21313


If this is accurate then no wonder Nintendo are passing costs on.

 

Full of fail. The Wii cost around $150 to make at launch, and the price has without a shadow of doubt gone down.

If something starts with "analyst", you'll do best to just ignore it. Seriously.

 

http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/15/wii-manufacturing-costs-ring-up-to-just-158/

I was the one who earlier posted the 2006 article regarding the manufacturing costs.  It should be noted that even in the article it said that these cost estimates did not include marketing and Wiimotes and "what-nots." So the $158 was the guess on how much it cost just to make the console.

Since then, the dollar has fallen against the Yen (see my earlier post). So the estimated profit of $6 per profit may not be too far off.

Mike from Morgantown

 

Just remember that while some people are smarter than some analysts (namely Patcher), not everyone is smarter than every analyst.