bonzobanana said:
I bought unlicensed clone copies of the wii u pro controller from aliexpress and they were £8 each at the time including delivery to the uk and identical to the official Nintendo version's. Maybe even the same factory. The only difference was the lack of the wii u logo. They functioned identically and the same quality. I've had them a few years with no issues, battery life seems good. Just seem the same. If they are shipped to the uk for £8 they probably only cost a couple of dollars to make. At the time everyone was happy with them. They've stopped selling them now and at the end it looks like they charged more for them possibly as they were running down stock. Retail price does not equal 80% manufacturing price especially for accessories. It's likely the Switch pro controller is costing sub $10 to make even sub $5 is likely. Price is what the market will accept not related to manufacturing cost. If people are happy to pay £60 then why sell at £50? |
I did as well and have no issues with any of the three I have. Ninendo, Sony, and Microsoft jack up the price of controllers. Nothing new. This still has nothing to do with the level of tech in the joy cons.
