Nintendo loses 21 dollars with every Wii U sold

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ryuzaki57 said:

Player2 said:

Just when I thought that gaming journalism couldn't get worse.

What they are doing is Nintendo's operating loss = (Wii U manufacturing costs - Wii U price)x units shipped.

So they are assuming that excluding the Wii U everything else (anything 3DS, DS and Wii related, marketing, R&D costs, etc) magically cancel each other.

This. The calculation is just wrong : WiiU has a negative impact (as well as payroll among other things), but 3DS, DS, Wii have a positive impact on op. result, so no whatsoever conclusion can be made from this.

Thirded. Its just... wrong.