Nintendo still selling Wii U at a loss

[ethomaz]

g911turbo said:

I already explained why they do the core exchange.  They don't want people buying these controllers as add-ons to the Wii or to have two per Wii U.  This helps curb that, AND they can then fix and resell that controller.

Most of those parts listed are included, as an example, in the PS4 controller.  Gyro, audio controller, osciallators, battery, etc.  The DIFFERENCE is the touchscreen interface chip/LCD and broadcom chip.

Also, now you're saying the gamepad adds 150 to the cost of the machine, but at first you were saying it cost 150 for nintendo to make.

Cost = manufacture cost... not the price point.

The Wii U + GamePad BOM is over ~$300... so Nintendo is having loss at each unit of console sold... the Wii U console have a ~$200 and the GamePad over $100 for sure.

The GamePad is really expensive.