Wii Costs Nintendo $158 to Make

See....and that's how a company is supposed to be ran. Who'da thunk it? You release something to MAKE money...huh....good idea.

Wait, so they're using straightforward logic instead of the convulted kind? That's horrible.

ps3 and xbox 360 only loss money per unit for first few years, once all the copyright money comes in from game producers and **** they will make money.

however, wii is clearly ahead of the game already.

so that means that the price can go pretty darn low, before they start losing money...

Sweet deal.

lowering price on Wii good thing

Awesome! That means Nintendo has an even bigger advantage with price! I can't wait for a price drop! (Or I might buy one at full price anyway)

I guarantee Nintendo is making more than that. Nintendo buys in bulk, which means everything is cheaper. Additionally, a $31 optical disk drive?! ***. That's expensive. I just think that Japanese site is a little suspicious.

However, the costs aren't saying how much it costs Nintendo to ship them, and how much stores make in profit.

Um, its basically a laptop drive that needs to support 2 types of discs. $31 isn't half bad!

Doesn't the wii read disk backwards like the gc? That's probably why the optical drive costs so much, it's just a little different then standard ones.

Just a guess though...

I, too, can not wait for a price drop

Well, interestingly, it doesn't mention anything about the cost of the case or the motherboard.

it doesnt matter anyways, nintendo has been racking up money from previous consoles.

They have to, what else are they going to make money off of? all they have is gaming consoles and hand helds. On the other hand, Sony and Microsoft have tons of other ways to offset the costs.

not really, just look at the N64 or SNES they do go for $10.