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Wii cost broken down
A poster by the name of DefectiveReject over at NeoGAF clues us all in to an interesting factoid: the Wii costs $158 bills to manufacture, not including the Wiimote and nunchuk). These guys take the spotlight to the console, shining its bright light into the various nooks and crannies of the system to find the total value of each of its parts, finally coming up with cost calculations for each component. Turns out, according to their findings, Nintendo is making around $40 bucks a console. Way to go Nintendo ... Graphics 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 [Via NeoGAF]
