| curl-6 said:
The standard Wii has dropped drastically in price since launch. So have PS3, 360, and before that Gamecube, PS2... Hell, Premium Wii U itself has already dropped by $50. |
It really hasn't. It's still 52% of the price it launched at. The Wii was sold with a big profit margin from the very start (estimates of a ~$160 BOM). It is very unlikely that the margins stayed the same, there is pretty much no way the manufacturing cost is down to $40. The disc drive, power supply, and manufacturing costs are probably similar or potentially higher than they were in 2006. Shipping costs have also likely increased.
The Premium Wii U is 32GB of flash memory, games, and some plastic stands. While they add value, they add very little in terms of cost. It's probably more telling that they haven't gone below $299 yet.
