Monday, April 9th 2012
Nintendo Wii U Costs Around $300: Sources
Sources associated with the manufacture and distribution of Nintendo products gave ForgetTheBox their estimates of the "Bill of Materials" of its upcoming Wii U game console, including that of its swanky-looking controller. The Bill of Materials of the entire package is estimated to be around US $180, despite its interactive screen, the controller's Bill of Materials is no more than US $50. Taking these figures into account the street price of Wii U is estimated by the source, is "no less than $300."
The same sources told ForgetTheBox, "Cutting production costs to maximize profits is Nintendo's main concern with the Wii U. They are cutting costs in the Wii U's hardware to build back confidence in investors. Nintendo wants investors to view Wii U as a less risky proposition." They went on to mention interesting tidbits such as "The cameras in the Wii U controller are an estimated manufacturing cost of $6. They are slightly better quality than the 3DS and DSi cameras. The touch screen has a manufacturing cost estimated at $14."
The sources also touched on the processing horsepower in use, which a recent report, citing sources among game developers, claimed to be less powerful than that of current-generation Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. "Nintendo chose an economical GPU and CPU that could keep up with the performance of today's current consoles, but keep hardware costs down to maximize profits," said the sources. "Nintendo got a bargain price on the custom GPU and CPU that the Wii U uses. There is a bigger focus on downloadable content, applications, video content, digital distribution, and services to create a stream of revenue. Investors will be ecstatic with the news," they added.
Source:
ForgetTheBox.net
The same sources told ForgetTheBox, "Cutting production costs to maximize profits is Nintendo's main concern with the Wii U. They are cutting costs in the Wii U's hardware to build back confidence in investors. Nintendo wants investors to view Wii U as a less risky proposition." They went on to mention interesting tidbits such as "The cameras in the Wii U controller are an estimated manufacturing cost of $6. They are slightly better quality than the 3DS and DSi cameras. The touch screen has a manufacturing cost estimated at $14."
58 Comments on Nintendo Wii U Costs Around $300: Sources
some of us still enjoy the game series we grew up on, and that was nintendo's line.
what you need to understand is it's not about directly competing. they have unique intellectual property. as long as they make something off hardware, their main titles will pull them through.
any third party adds to that and they want it for sure - but that is not their base. if they can churn out newer, better mario, zelda, donkey kong, metroid, etc - along with the other lower requirement titles like dance dance, and they serve as a media player - they will do better this time around as well.
what you guys are saying is the same thing they said about wii, gamecube which was well received though with poor sales, and n64. they change things up, while keeping a stable base focus - and it'll work for them again this time.
For fun, and all time favorites, there's Wii.
For graphics and all the "hardcore" stuff, there's PC.
Anything in between is meh, depending on your taste. I know I'm a PC-Wii person.
Second, Lets see, Aliens Colonial Marines is a Gearbox/SEGA title and Darksiders 2 is an THQ title.
Next to those we have Batman: Arkham City, Assassins Creed 3, Metro Last Light, Ninja Gaiden and much more to come.
So once again, you have no point.