omgwtfbbq on 02 October 2007
| MontanaHatchet said: Ok, if it has almost the same architecture as the Gamecube, why is it so hard to make enough? There, I said it. |
because:
1) the "architecture" (ie, in this case, the CPU and the GPU) are only a small part of the whole package. The Wii contains many different components and a shortage of any one of them results in a shortage of Wiis. Scaling them all up in sync is a difficult task and if one of them lags behind, then you can't build the Wiis
2) doesn't matter how old the architecture is, ramping up production doesn't get any easier. It's cheaper to build each one, but it's just as difficult and time consuming to increase production by 50% on a cheap chip as an expensive chip.
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