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Cyborg13B on 31 January 2013
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MARCUSDJACKSON said:
Cyborg13B said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
oni-link said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
yea it would be stupid to cut the price when ninty isn't making any money on them.


I know but with 2GB of RAM, a new ppc750 with GX and PWR7 hybrid, and e6760 I doubt that Nintendo is losing much; esp with the Deluxe model.


i also think they would sale enough software to cover it anyway.

You're both wrong.  Nintendo has been selling Wii U at over $100+ profit since launch, as given by these numbers:

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/18785-rumor-wii-u-parts-cost-around-180-will-retail-for-no-less-than-300/

The same applies for 3DS of course. 

Nintendo said theey make profit when a system is sold with a game, so i'm not wrong.

But they were lying.  I believe those rumoured specifications - they look realistic.  No way Wii U costs $300+ to make, when the Playstation 3 costs $220 or so, and has far more expensive parts, including a hard-drive (which Wii U doesn't have).  Wii U only looks about as powerful as Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 - which is not powerful at all - but in a different zone.  A triple-core PowerPC 750 - dirt cheap.  2 GB of RAM clocked at 17 GB/s - dirt cheap.  Not a particularly powerful system.  32 MB of EDRAM - very cheap as well - basically just regular DRAM in price.