Should Nintendo offer an optional WiiU SKU without the Gamepad?

[zorg1000]

Fusioncode said:

Zero999 said:

archbrix said:

Fusioncode said:

Zero999 said:

he game a link saying how much nintendo was CHARGING for a replacement =/= how much the thing COSTS.

this isn't the first time you barge into the conversation with nothing relevant to add. think this through the next time.

I'm stil waiting for your source that the Gamepad costs 50$. And once again, saying things like "think this through next time" is rude and adds nothing to the conversation. 

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.

So you have no source? Third time I'm asking by the way. 

Zero is right, its clearly the hardware and not the Gamepad that causes Wii U to sell for $299 at a loss.

PS3/360 each sell for $199 at a profit, ill throw out some random figures and say $25 profit for PS3/360 and $25 loss for Wii U. The hardware in Wii U Is so much more powerful that It costs $150 more than PS3/360.