How much would Nintendo hardware cost to produce without gimmicks?

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Azuren said:

Goodnightmoon said:

No is not, at all. Being an hybrid makes it the most flexible console ever, how is that a gimick? my laptop is not a gimmicky PC, why would be the switch a gimmicky console? The only reason why is called gimmicky is because is made by Nintendo, that's it.

gim·mick

ˈɡimik/

noun

1. a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or business.

Going with that definition any feature of any console can be described as a gimmick.

Let's make some example.

The 8GB GDDR5 RAM of the Ps4 is a gimmick, since games uses roughly half of that, and you certainly don't need 3GB of fast ram to share videos on twitch. Ah the share button is also a gimmick anyway.

Playstation Plus is a gimmick, since they offer you a game you wouldn't have bought anyway but you're really paying for it, with a subscription.

The Cell Processor of the Ps3 was a gimmick, it was used by marketing to make you believe the Ps3 was more powerfull. In reality it was unnecessarily complicate and only a couple of 1st party games really used it, while most 3rd party games did run better on 360.