Nintendo is designing the system to be "switched" out in many ways. They could just sell a new body for $150-$200 that has upgrades in 2 (likely 3) years for those that have already bought the system since everyone will already have the controllers or even different sets of controllers by that time. Any cost difference would be made up by all those extra controller and dock purchases. Get consumers buying into different components, paying higher for the less expensive and less for the most expensive, and Nintendo could do amazing unthinkable things like release new upgraded console bodies for $100 at release, completely changing the traditional market structure. It's a bait and "switch" so to speak. It's about flexibility and possibilities.
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