Should Nintendo have made the Wii U WEAKER?

[Zero999]

darkknightkryta said:

Zero999 said:

70-80 would be more believable. now subtract the costs for a pro controller/ wii mote + nunchuck and what do you get? an extra 40-50 bucks. magic, isn't it?

"those hardware systems would go up in price by easily a hundred dollars or more."

http://techland.time.com/2013/06/18/shigeru-miyamoto-apologizes-for-wii-u-game-delays-says-the-best-is-nearly-here/

Extra font size is from the site, bold was me XD.

You honestly think the Wiimote and nunchuck cost more than 10 dollars for nintendo to manufacture?  Same goes for the pro controller, extra 20 bucks for the both of them.  At worst NIntendo would have 80 dollars more, which is a lot to invest in a cpu and gpu.

my dear, if you are saying yourself that wiimotes and nunchucks cost 10 dollars to manufacture, how can you believe the gamepad costs 100 dollars? you can post whatever iwata comments you want, that price doesn't match with what's inside the gamepad.

edit: and suppose it's really that price and they dumped it to increase the hardware. we would have a slightly more powerfull system without the cool stuff from the gamepad. horrible tradeoff.