Think about what you said. You expect nintendo to be able to 1. drop the price of old technology before their competitors come out. 2. drop the price of the hardware in a price war. and 3. still make profits... wishful thinking. I called the same thing a long time ago about Sony but atleast Sony had blu-ray which drop in cost significantly rather quickly. What does Nintendo have that will reduce cost as fast?

What are the similarities with the Wii U and the PS3? Losing money? I hardly doubt Nintendo is losing $200 with each console...

And the wii U is terrible? Sorry to hear that, I played it and I freaking love it, that's just your opinion.

Here you go.

Lol thanks ;)

@Max king of the wild: I did think of it even before posting.

Nintendo itself doesn't manufacture it's consoles. They buy the assembly and components from a third party.

As you have a new product, you pay a premium for it, as the manufacturer has to recoup it's investments in product lines and such.
After the investment have been recouped, the assembly line starts to make profit and you're able to make contracts for a cheaper price. The more components you have, the more you are able to cut down the price - but also you have to pay a bigger premium at the start of the production.

The contracts aren't based on how many units you want to buy at the moment, but you're obligated in purchasing X million units in a month for twelve months (the most likely form used). When the contract expires, you're making a new one with new pricetag and new volume or find a new manufacturing partner.


The cost of PS3 did drop significantly, not just the BD-drive, but all of it's components. If it was only the BD-drive that had gone down in price, it would still have a 599 pricetag (instead of 199) and it would still make a huge loss per unit sold.

Now, the tech itself isn't old. To me it looks like Nintendo is pretty much going with the latest tech, just like they did with the Wii.

Lots of the cost might be from the tablet controller but what about the kenict 2? I am sure that will cost microsoft just as much as the wii u game pad. If not less.

kinect 2 will probably come with the console so microsoft can sell the nextbox to non-gamers 

also i am sure sony and ms will copy nintendos idea with the next box and ps4 (ps vita and ps3 combo is a horrible idea and sony knows it)

Congratz, Nintendo. You have now officially provided value-priced hardware, as opposed to overpriced-but-cheap-by-comparison hardware.

Hey, you stole my post, that is exactly what I said in the first answer to the OP.

are those dual shocks still £30 to make talking about controllers,i don't think i've ever seen them for less than £40 the odd decent bundled game,i thought they'd cost 5 quid to make by now,i have to buy another soon