archbrix said:
Yep, I'm still waiting for that as well. We do know two things: Historically, Nintendo tries to make profit day one on their hardware and they try to price their hardware affordably. With the 3DS, they were profiting when it launched at $250; kinda pushing it as far as affordability, which resulted in the price having to be slashed to $169. Only then was it selling at a loss. The WiiU, on the other hand, was selling at a loss when it launched at $350 - a price that is a full $100 more than any Nintendo system before it. Logically, I don't see what would have resulted in Ninty pricing a console of theirs so much higher and still sold at a loss other than the inclusion of the Gamepad. |
bolded: hint, the hardware. and the basic sku was 299.