JamesCizuz on 13 September 2009
| theprof00 said: http://digg.com/nintendo/Report_Nintendo_Makes_About_49_Per_Wii_Sold_in_U_S In 2007 they were making about 49$ per wii sold in the US, 79 in the UK, and 19 in Japan. This is why: when Wii came out it cost 25000 Yen in Japan. 25000 Yen was about 212$ in America. So, when ever people in America bought a Wii, Nintendo was making an extra profit of 38$, for a total of 19(profit on a native yen sale)+38-shipping costs= ~50$ The change in currency has gone from 119 to 90.4 yen per dollar. So 25000 yen = 276$ It went from 212 to 276. 64$. Where they were making 50$ before, they are now losing 14$ due to currency. 50$-64$. Now, they are making 6$ per console. Going from a loss of 14$, to a profit of 6$, means that between this article and the 6$ article, they made 20$ on parts and manufacturing savings. |
You do know different factories manufacture the WII, and nintendo has divisions in america etc. American division pays for costs of WII for american units, so currency fluctuated does not change for american consoles to lose less. American division manufactures(Or buys parts) and gets it's own profits, as does japan branch and european branch.
