Wii U vs PS4 vs Xbox One FULL SPECS (January 24, 2014)

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JEMC said:

BlkPaladin said:

JEMC said:

And also remember that those 25k yen includes the profit margin for the stores, which we also ignore.

Profit margins for stores is a measly $2-to-$5 in the US so its almost nothing.

Yeah, stores make more profit from games.

But we still ignore if Nintendo is making a profit from the basic model or not, and if there is a profit, they won't tell us how much it is. And there are also the packaging and shipping costs that will be different from WiiU to PS4 as the consoles/boxes won't have the same size or weight.

So once all is said and done, we may end with a rough guess of the cost of the materials, but there are many other costs that we will never know.

Even on a 60 dollar game, profit for stores like Gamestop is only like 5-10 dollars.  Its the reason why they push their used game and console business so much.  They give you 8 dollars for a game they turn around and sell for 40.  Much higher profit margin than a new sale.  Added on to the fact is that the store is usually the place that sold the item new to begin with, so in some cases its doubling up on their profits.