How much would Nintendo hardware cost to produce without gimmicks?

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Soundwave said:

superchunk said:
Why would you want that regardless of cost? I never understand people's negativity to Nintendo's uniqueness. Without it, you have a Gamecube scenario.

My guestimate would be about $100.

There was nothing wrong with the GameCube hardware wise. 

Nintendo is the one that chose to make it look like a Fisher Price toy which turned off people and then chose to do weird things with their big franchises that no one asked for (a entirely tropical themed Mario game, a cel-shaded Zelda, etc. etc.).

Gamecube wouldn't have sold better being rectangular and black. As a me-too systems, Gamecube continued to decline in sales behind N64. Continuing that trend is just a bad idea for Nintendo.