How much will Nintendo make off the Wii at a
$199.99 MSRP?
$199.99 MSRP?
If the reports and sale ads for the stores*, that are appearing on the internet now, are correct, the Wii will get a price drop to $199.99 on September 27.
If $199.99 is the new MSRP for the Wii, and if it is costing Nintendo $107.79 to manufacture everything included with the console, Nintendo will still be making roughly $80-90 per Wii unit sold at the new $199.99 MSRP.
How much does it cost Nintendo to manufacture the Wii in 2009?
From the original Wii manufacturing cost of $195.99*, to the new estimate in manufacturing costs reduction being 45%*, I would say Nintendo can manufacture and distribute the Wii in 2009, for less than $120. If correct, this would mean a Wii retailing at a MSRP of $149.99 or even $129.99 is possible, but not probable, in the very near future.
$107.79 may seem like a low cost to manufacture the Wii with everything in the box, but we must remember, the Wii is simply two GameCubes duct taped together*…
Do you think Nintendo is dropping the price of the Wii enough at the $199.99 MSRP? Do you think when looking at numbers like these, that an analyst like Michael Pachter may be right in assuming that Nintendo will announce a Wii Plus HD next year and sell it alongside the current Wii?
If you don't own a Wii, does the new rumored MSRP of $199.99 make it more likely you'll buy one now?
Sources for rumored price drop:
Sources for manufacturing costs:
*http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/analyst-suspects-wii-manufacturing-costs-are-down-45/
Source for duct taped comment:
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=14251
Source for duct taped comment:
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=14251
your a dick, the Wii is not 2 gamecube duct taped together >><< this is Onslaught over and out!
ReplyDeleteWay to read the sarcasm there onslaught...over and out -_-;
ReplyDeleteYea really anon @ 12:09AM. Reading comprehension ftw!
ReplyDeleteso cheap.
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