Nintendo makes $6 from every Wii sold

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SmokedHostage on 01 December 2008

SHMUPGurus said:

d21lewis said:
Those greedy bastards.

It was much needed! ^^

Old but it still makes me lol.

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Darc Requiem on 01 December 2008

I'm not buying it. At launch the cost estimate for the Wii was $180.

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goddog on 01 December 2008

this seems wrong... the chip is from a very old ppc family, that has historically had very low chip failure per fab. i cant say as much about the gpu... but this just seems very very wrong

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SHMUPGurus on 01 December 2008

SmokedHostage said:

SHMUPGurus said:

d21lewis said:
Those greedy bastards.

It was much needed! ^^

Old but it still makes me lol.

Actually, here's a more accurate one:

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Pete_Beast on 01 December 2008

Highly doubt it. I believe they make much more out of each Wii.

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matt247 on 01 December 2008

SHMUPGurus said:

SmokedHostage said:

SHMUPGurus said:

d21lewis said:
Those greedy bastards.

It was much needed! ^^

Old but it still makes me lol.

Actually, here's a more accurate one:

Why is it printing US dollars? Shouldn't be printing yen or Euros

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alpha_dk on 01 December 2008

Darc Requiem said:
I'm not buying it. At launch the cost estimate for the Wii was $180.

At launch $180 was about 21600 Yen (Nintendo's actual cost then)

Today, 21600 Yen is $226. That's $46 less profit per unit sold in America (assuming no cost reductions in manufacturing).

That's painful. They might have even pulled more profit in the beginning than they are now with that kind of exchange rate fluctuation.

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famousringo on 01 December 2008

"Nintendo's strategy is to buy inexpensive components instead of making them in-house, allowing the Wii to sell for $260 while the PS3 costs $300."

I'm going to go with Forbes not having a clue what they're talking about.

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SmokedHostage on 01 December 2008

matt247 said:

SHMUPGurus said:

SmokedHostage said:

SHMUPGurus said:

d21lewis said:

Actually, here's a more accurate one:

Why is it printing US dollars? Shouldn't be printing yen or Euros

My guess is the .GIF was made by an American.

Pixel Art can be fun.

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FPSrules on 01 December 2008

really i though they made more considering the fact they don't have a build in eternet port, and the web browser you have to buy from the wii store

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