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bonzobanana said:
h2ohno said:

Manufacturing costs go down over time.  It did not cost the same to manufacture a wii in 2010 as it did in 2006.  It didn't even cost the same to manufacture a PS3 in 2010 as it did in 2006.

I think I've already allowed for that in the way I worded the text and certainly I'm not going to disagree with you but neither does it normally drop to a small fraction of its original cost either. 

A fraction?  The Wii was dropped to $200 in 2009 and $150 in 2011, 5 years after it was released.  2011 was also when Nintendo started seeing losses instead of profits.  It was never sold by Nintendo for a fraction of its original price.