Switch costs ~$257 to build and 30MM sold through 2018

[Normchacho]

Miguel_Zorro said:

cycycychris said:

Even $30 or $20 is a pretty terrible margin which is around what I would set this around (but I have no idea, I've only worked in grocery and know the margins on most things there). I wouldn't say there really any profit at buying with only $20 to play aroudn with. I've never heard about console prices, but from what I heard from a friend at gamestop, they only make $3 or $4 on new games. I knew games were always low margin.

That $3-$4 figure matches what she tells me they make on new games.  She says for consoles they actually lose like $20.

I'm sure it depends on the retailer...but that's not my experience. I work at Target and we make like...$15ish dollars on a new game and 5-10% on a new console.

Hell, We get PSVRs for $365 last it I checked.

It's the same thing with TVs. We make some money on them, but way more money on accessories.