Overlord Nadrian on Sun, March 27th, 2011 at 14:36[»]
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Njrg on Sun, March 27th, 2011 at 07:37[»] In terms of hardware, the 3DS is only worth $100 in parts, the extra $150 goes in the pockets of marketers, affiliates, and of course Nintendo's own pockets. $100 out of $250 parts for the hardware, and the rest of the $150 is for profit, and paying the rest of the expenses.
Incorrect. Manufacturing cost =/= the cost of all raw materials combined. You also need to keep the software and the salary of the people who produce the 3DSes in mind. Hell, even the electricity needed to run the machines costs money - nothing much, but still. And all that combined is quite a bit more money than $101.
EDIT: @Foxi: that 'scare tactic' was a rumour, Nintendo never actually said anything about it.
1. Asians work for a figurative bowl of rice. Remember that Ninny products are made in China. 2. Electronic parts are cheapo. 3. Nintendo DS sold well over 144 million units. So will the 3DS. Rising the price by 1 dollar gets you aprox. 144 million bucks. Njrg was really close with her aprox. cost-per-DS assumption. Manufacturing process and paying your workers is the smallest part of the total production cost.
Sun, March 27th, 2011 at 18:21
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