In the same passage of the interview Iwata also said that
a) the cost estimates that he read out there were not really acurate and
b) the chips inside the Wii are already quite cheap, and the prices of the other parts don't come down that quickly.
So please don't talk like it's a given that Nintendo has huge margins on the Wii.
Hardcore gaming is a bubble economy blown up by Microsoft's $7 $6 billion losses.







