Words Of Wisdom said:
Consider this... The overhead for a redesign would include R&D for the new chipset, testing, Q&A, risk analysis, multiple levels of support for new and old, redesign of packaging to reflect altered contents, and retooling their production lines for a new SKU. The cost savings would have to be very significant to warrant a new SKU at this stage in order to cover the overhead. Considering that Nintendo is already making bags and bags of money on their current one without changing anything, it would be foolish to change anything at this point. Why do I get the feeling that most people saying "cost-reduction" don't know what they're talking about? -_- |
Of course the cost reduction would have to be considerable, and if they keep selling the console at this rate the cost of every element you mention would be recovered in no time and profits will considerably exceed the ones Nintendo would have made if they wouldn't have changed Wii's chipset.
But I don't really know how much cost could be reduced by using a 45nm chipset, maybe you're right Words of Wisdom...
