How Much Will the Wii U Controller Cost?

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greenmedic88 said:
$79.99

I think a lot of people are seriously overestimating the cost of the parts that will go into making one of these controllers.

It's not a standalone device; it has no CPU, GPU, system RAM, etc.

Beyond having the basic internals of the current Wii Remote Plus (less than $10 worth of components), the LCD display (maybe a $20/sub $20 part), the touch screen interface (resistive; low cost), about the only other components will be the signal processor and related components that relay AV/player input signal to the console itself; not expensive parts.

The problem is that standard controllers don't have a lot orf expensive parts and they already retail at 50-60$ and I can see the cost of LCD screen, touchscreen and processing of the image adding easilly 25$ to the manufacturing cost. And Nitendo being Nintendo, they won't sell them at a loss.

Take a standard controller that cost at best 25$ to produce  and sells for 50-60$, this controller will cost 50$ to manufacture and will probably sell for 90-100$ ( retailers won't give up their margins on accessories either..).

 

At the minimum you have to take the production cost and add a 30% margin for retailers + whatever margin Nintendo wants to make on the controllers..