Sony May Gross About $100 Per Console, Teardown Shows

[Conina]

MohammadBadir said:

Conina said:

MohammadBadir said:
So you're telling me the PS4 costs less than the WiiU to produce....

No, nobody is telling you that.

The $296 "bill of materials" are the double of the $148 of the Wii U (only the console, without the tablet controller):

http://www.gengame.net/2013/03/cnn-estimates-the-cost-of-manufacturing-wii-u-to-be-about-228/

1.how the fuck does a controller with a 10 year old screen cost 100 dollars?

2.if the WiiU in total costs 248$, why is Nintebdo selling them at a loss?

1. where do you get $100 from?

2. The "bill of materials" are only a part of the total costs. You have to engineer the product & software, put the components together, box the product, ship the product, advertise the product, pay taxes for the product, let the retailer have his cut,...