| noname2200 said: The system is selling at a loss, and the same tablet you're saying that they "knew" wasn't going to make up for a lack of horsepower is to blame. If your statement that they're trying to cheap out is correct, then they're doing an awful job of it... |
The system isn't selling at a loss. Stop trying to kid yourself. When the Wii U launched Iwata made the statement that they were selling at a loss at the time and as long as one game sold they turned a profit. So the Deluxe edition of the Wii U was selling at a profit, the standard edition required one game to be sold. I'm sure everyone who owns a Wii U has bought one game, so that marginal loss isn't much of a loss at all. A third party game sold and Nintendo pockets $20, they were losing less than $20 at that time.
Sony is selling the PS4 loss at the cost of $399. Microsoft is selling at a loss at $499. Sort of like the Wii U, they need to sell games to turn a profit. This is one year after the launch of the Wii U, where the prices of all these parts are all cheaper than they would have been when Nintendo would have used them if they launched with a more powerful system in 2012.
So yeah. Nintendo did cheap out by going with a gimmick instead of more powerful hardware. They came out cosing around $200 less than they otherwise would have.
https://www.google.com/#q=wii+u+profitable+after+one+game
