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Zero999 on 03 July 2013
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vaio said:
Soleron said:
Flanneryaug said:
Soleron said:
Zero999 said:
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retail for a SEPARETE STAND ALONE GAMEPAD WITH GOOD PROFITS, not the one included with the video game.

No it's the repair/replace cost. Which should be close to actual cost. The retail cost is $150.

wii u gamepad is a 3ds without a 3d screen, cpu, gpu and RAM memory, OR in other words: a regular controler + speakers, touchscreen, microphone, motion sensors... guess how much that would cost? not even close to $100.

The screen is a touchscreen and quite large (6 inches). 3DS touchscreen is only 3 inches.

http://wiiubrew.org/wiki/Wii_U_GamePad

Look at all those chips. $5-$10 each most likely.

It has 256MB of RAM. Microphone. Gyro. Wireless. Accelerometer. Magnetometer. Speakers. Camera. 

Dualshock: 1000mAh battery. Gamepad: 1500mAh. Battery capacity is expensive.

Xbox wireless controller is already $50. Add the RAM, big touchscreen, battery, camera, sensors, and so on and seriously tell me it's not $100.



Just because the Xbox 360 controller is sold for $50 doesn't mean that it costs $50 to produce. It only cost $11 to produce back in 2006. The Wii U Gamepad might cost $100 at retail, but it is much cheaper to produce.

But it adds $100 retail to the cost of the console.

That is literally my only point, and one with plenty of evidence.

Even if you were right wich you aren´t Nintendo sold the system at a loss so it never actually added it´s full value to the cost but you knew this allready.

EXACTLY. saying it adds $100 is the same as saying the xbox controller corresponds to one third of the current xbox360 price. and I'm sure wii u gamepad will retail for less than $100 when it comes to US.