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potato_hamster on 13 February 2017
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TomaTito said:
potato_hamster said:

So, the fact that Nintendo also overcharges for its AC adapter means that it isn't overcharging for the dock. The AC adapter and HDMI cable cost Nintendo a maximum of $2 combined. As for the USB-C to HDMI, these adapters cost as little as $13, probably less.

https://www.amazon.com/CableCreation-USB-C-Adapter-Macbook-Chromebook/dp/B0123PJ9BK/

And I can't imagine that adding support for the HDMI port, and charging capabilities adds significant expense. I wouldn't be suprised at all if the total cost to manufacture the dock for Nintendo was less than $15.

That's no dock but a usb-c hdmi adapter, no power is transmited.

It's almost as if I covered that in my original post, but allow me to expand on that.  I haven't exactly torn apart a dock yet, but I don't think adding the power adapter, and a simple power managment solution to transform the incoming voltage into whatver the USB-C uses , and powering the USB-C connector is an expensive endeavour. Based on my experience working on my own little projects, this actually quite cheap. You're talking less than $5 in off-the shelf components at retail cost, and Nintendo would be paying far less than that.