Official Wii Thread: Part 3

Got my Wii component cables today from Nintendo. Now I just need to get a Wii.

Wii manufacturing costs:

Graphic chip 29.60
CPU 13.00
DRAM 7.80
Optical disk drive 31.00
Power supply 11.30
Manufacturing cost 19.50
Cost total 158.30
Wholesale price 195.99

http://www.toyokeizai.net/online/tk/...data/109_4.jpg

Apparently Nintendo makes $37 profit on each Wii (not including controller, video cable, power supply, sensor bar, R&D costs, packaging, labor, shipping, or marketing). In the end they probably make closer to $5 on just the actual production and shipping of the product, which would fall in line with their original Cube model.

Interesting that the disc drive is so expensive; it is very small and quiet, and most disc drives don't slot load two very different sizes of disc and auto-center them.

What's that $406.65 PS3 number mean?

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Originally Posted by PBMax

What's that $406.65 PS3 number mean?

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That's the loss Sony eats on each PS3 sold in Japan on manufacturing alone (not including the Sixaxis, etc).


Edit: reading more; apparently Nintendo was planning on selling Wii at $199 but was off on their estimate of how much the new GPU and manufacturing the die-shrunk chipsets cost. Rather than take a small loss on each system they packed in some demos (Wii Sports) and bumped the price to $250.

I still can't find concrete info on the cost of manufacturing the Wiimotes but apparently some random small Japanese peripheral manufacturer was quoted as saying they couldn't make a profit selling a third-party Wiimote at the same price as Nintendo. We know Nintendo had to delay the Wiimote GameCube peripheral for years because of R&D difficulties with the latency; my guess is that the actual manufacturing cost is $20 with a pretty crazy R&D tab to pick up.

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Originally Posted by TrialSword

For those looking to snag a Wii soon, apparently many retailers are having a big "relaunch" this Sunday, the last big weekend push before Christmas. I'll personally be outside Best Buy, but TRU is supposed to be getting an assload as well.

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Yeah, I think I am finally going to crack, despite the fact that I don't really want any of the retail or VC games. Go figure...

I've been looking for one for my kids...seemingly tough to find, and I imagine it will remain that way through the holidays.

Wii posts biggest launch sales in Aussie history, and in four days surpassed the standing number of Aussie 360 sales.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/750/750918p1.html

Prison colonies <3 Wii. They should print t-shirts.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

Penal Colonies <3 Wii.

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I know this is what you meant.

Good catch. I still want the shirt.