Originally posted by: Ophir
Originally posted by: Tom
Originally posted by: goku
The real question is how much did the GC cost at launch, if it cost significantly more then it would make sense for the Wii to cost less but if the GC cost as much as the wii, then I see no reason for the Wii to cost as much as it's launch price will be.
brain explodes.
X 2
What he's saying is, since it's supposedly 5 year old technology, the price should have dropped substantially. He's taking an overly simplistic viewpoint.
1. He's not considering the R&D cost of developing the Wii controllers, the Wii's "operating system", the online service, etc.
2. He's ignoring the fact that Nintendo has said that the Wii would be several times faster than the GameCube
3. He's ignoring the fact that $250 is pretty freaking cheap considering all of the components in the game system. You can only make it so cheap.
The Wii is a good value, but Nintendo is going to make a profit off every unit they sell. Nintendo doesn't have other divisions that can make a profit and keep them afloat while they're games division is hemmoraging cash, they
have to make a profit.