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Miyamotoo on 01 September 2016
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Soundwave said:
Miyamotoo said:

That isn't true, actually only Wii U and 3DS were overpriced, also they gaving full suport around 4-5 years and that very close to usual life cycle of generation of consoles.

The Wii was a moderately overclocked $99.99 GameCube (the GameCube had been $99 for *three* years by 2006 to boot), that they sold for $250, the additional cost largely being a plastic controller that probably cost $10/pop to mass produce. 

I would say that was overpriced. The XBox 360 was a full generation upgrade for $50 more available a full year earlier. 

Yes the system did have some good games (like Mario Galaxy), but that doesn't excuse the hardware. 

The GameCube at $199.99 just five years prior was *full* generation upgrade over the Nintendo 64 and even better than the Playstation 2. 

Comparing to GC was overpriced, compared to competition was not. Also you need to cost of new technology. If Wii relly wan overpriced never wouldnt sell 100m, one of main reason why Wii sold so much is afordible price for mass market with $249.