EXPLOITED: Nintendo's motion sensors only cost $2.50 to make! The horror!

Link!!!

The Real link talking about the motion sensors. 

According to the latest issue of Fortune magazine, the cover story is "How Wii Won", documenting the tremendus success of the Wii.

They showed many reasons why Nintendo is so profitable, most of them praises, but one of them came of a "naughty" reason, the cheapness of the Wii to produce. While Sony lost an epic $2 billion dollars trying to make the PS3's that are still sitting on the shelves, and Microsoft's Xbox 360, which is the "current" leader in the war, has still yet to become profitable on the Xbox 360, Nintendo is getting a lot of money big time. Most of their employess are now millionares. Right there, they exploited Nintendo's wonder stick: The three axis accelerometer from ADI, which is the main motion sensor in the Wiimote, only costs $2.50 to create.

Ay yai yai!

The Wiimote costs $40, yet the most advanced and complicated part of it only costs $2.50!?!

Improbable!

Nintendo has got some explaining to do. 

So it turns out that Nintendo is ripping you off the most this generation.

The same reason i'm glad i didn't buy a wii. They won't be ripping me off.

Sooo....what about the rest of it?t2wave

I'm glad someone else in this thread is capable of thought. 

[QUOTE="t2wave"]Sooo....what about the rest of it?SmashBrosLegend

I'm glad someone else in this thread is capable of thought.

Thought?

Umm..you do know that you are in SYSTEM WARS, right?

Don't ruin the fun for everybody else. 

Congratulations to Nintendo for making a damn fine profit. The world is not our charity whore my friends.

Buisness is buisness.

[QUOTE="SmashBrosLegend"]

[QUOTE="t2wave"]Sooo....what about the rest of it?Willy105

I'm glad someone else in this thread is capable of thought.

Thought?

Umm..you do know that you are in SYSTEM WARS, right?

but didn't you guys know thats all it cost to make the wiimote? the cost of 1 component! yup, Nintendo is pure evil. The got the R&D, licensing and components to put Bluetooth, IR Sensors, Rumble, Accelerometers and a small speaker into a game controller all for the price of $2.50 per remote! They don't even pay for the plastic the circuits are housed in!

Wii buyers are OWNED. 

Congratulations to Nintendo for making a damn fine profit. The world is not our charity whore my friends.

Buisness is buisness.

jethrovegas

Thank you!  Someone with sense. 

I guess all the other pieces in the Wiimote is negated, packing in such a compact design, and so for.ArisShadows

I am pretty sure rumble is 10 bucks, LED is 5, 2.5 for chip, 2 for back, buttons are 5, 10 for circuits, 5 for strap.

37.5 dollars. 2.5 profit.

I guess that will add up if you get like 1 million, that is 2.5 million dollars off the controller. 

dude i dont care what people say. sony and microsoft dont lose money to make systems because you cant sell something that you dont make profit off of or otherwise bankruptcy occurs. any idiot could tell you that. second of all who cares how much profit nintendo is making their system is still $300 cheaper than the poopstation 3 and its one game resistance:constipation of man

Wow.... I guess the Wii is ripping of my country the most.... cos over here it costs $500 and its the second most popular in terms of sales. PimpiNbananas

If it is the most popular in sales then how in the hell are you being ripped off? Nintendo has provided a product that, apparently, your country is willing to pay for.

It is called supply and demand. If the price was too high for the product provided then it would not have good sales. Basically, the only price that is too high is the one that people are not willing to pay.

Congratulations to Nintendo for making a damn fine profit. The world is not our charity whore my friends.

Buisness is buisness.

jethrovegas

But I wanted a console with shinier graphics. 

[QUOTE="ArisShadows"]I guess all the other pieces in the Wiimote is negated, packing in such a compact design, and so for.BlazeDragon132

I am pretty sure rumble is 10 bucks, LED is 5, 2.5 for chip, 2 for back, buttons are 5, 10 for circuits, 5 for strap.

37.5 dollars. 2.5 profit.

I guess that will add up if you get like 1 million, that is 2.5 million dollars off the controller.

Did you just say an LED is 5 dollars that is lollable, and dude 5 dollars for a strap that at maximum is 1 dollar.  LED's are about 25 cents each if you order them in large quantities. 

[QUOTE="jethrovegas"]

Congratulations to Nintendo for making a damn fine profit. The world is not our charity whore my friends.

Buisness is buisness.

thirstychainsaw

But I wanted a console with shinier graphics. 

I always thought the Wii was overpriced, even at $250.thirstychainsaw

It's a gamecube that can read movies... for sure it is overpriced 

Oh man, this is too much.

So because one part of the Wii-mote only costs $2.50 it and the Wii are over-priced? :P

And even if the entire Wii-mote only costs 10 bucks to manufacture (which it doesn't), good for Nintendo. As someone else said, it's business my friends. If you can get $50 for something that costs you $20 to make, why not charge $50?

[QUOTE="BlazeDragon132"]

[QUOTE="ArisShadows"]I guess all the other pieces in the Wiimote is negated, packing in such a compact design, and so for.xtremexylophone

I am pretty sure rumble is 10 bucks, LED is 5, 2.5 for chip, 2 for back, buttons are 5, 10 for circuits, 5 for strap.

37.5 dollars. 2.5 profit.

I guess that will add up if you get like 1 million, that is 2.5 million dollars off the controller.

Did you just say an LED is 5 dollars that is lollable, and dude 5 dollars for a strap that at maximum is 1 dollar. LED's are about 25 cents each if you order them in large quantities.

It was just a spur of moment.

Ok, about 30 dollars for a Wiimote. 360 controller is about 40 with wireless. Same with PS3, 40.

All controllers are 10 dollar rip-offs now :P 

[QUOTE="PimpiNbananas"]Wow.... I guess the Wii is ripping of my country the most.... cos over here it costs $500 and its the second most popular in terms of sales. jethrovegas

If it is the most popular in sales then how in the hell are you being ripped off? Nintendo has provided a product that, apparently, your country is willing to pay for.

It is called supply and demand. If the price was too high for the product provided then it would not have good sales. Basically, the only price that is too high is the one that people are not willing to pay.

first of I said second .... 360 is selling more in my country NZ.

Second if we convert $500 in to US $ we still have to pay more. Now I just found out how cheap the remote is being made I am just saying our country is getting ripped off with overpriced ****. Games over here cost up to $130. Forza was released and it cost $120.... thats like $80 or 90 if you convert it to US $. The wii costing $500 with Wii sports... thats like what? 

Nintendo played it smart this gen and I'm supposed to be pissed?  Why?  I still get a kick-ass console that's $150 less than the next closest competitor.

...And don't bring that "teh core 360!!!" crap in here.  Anyone who's a gamer knows it's a steaming pile. 

Nintendo played it smart this gen and I'm supposed to be pissed? Why? I still get a kick-ass console that's $150 less than the next closest competitor.

...And don't bring that "teh core 360!!!" crap in here. Anyone who's a gamer knows it's a steaming pile.

Michael85

Why? Any gamer would know it plays the same games the premium does. 

Nintendo played it smart this gen and I'm supposed to be pissed? Why? I still get a kick-ass console that's $150 less than the next closest competitor.

...And don't bring that "teh core 360!!!" crap in here. Anyone who's a gamer knows it's a steaming pile.

Michael85

Yep, and it is holding back many games. *sigh*

They should just make HDD exclusive games now, it is so much easier. I was like any lem until I saw how quickly PS3 ran with HDD cache running, there is like hardly any load times.

And what about research and development? What about employee costs? What about the cost of running a business (like offices, supplies, etc..) ??  What about design?  What about advertising?  What about the risk nintendo took by introducing this revolutionary method of control to an ignorant, illogical and mediocrity soaked market which doesnt have the slightest clue of what makes a game a game (gameplay) because they have been led to believe that pointless things like graphics and violent content is what matters most by corporate giants that encourage assembly line production of mediocre sequel after sequel which is essentially the same game sold for $50 a pop to the same exact sheep like market?

The cost of the wii , and the wiimote, is more than just the sum total of the cost of its pieces.

Lets think people, come on. 

[QUOTE="jethrovegas"]

[QUOTE="PimpiNbananas"]Wow.... I guess the Wii is ripping of my country the most.... cos over here it costs $500 and its the second most popular in terms of sales. PimpiNbananas

If it is the most popular in sales then how in the hell are you being ripped off? Nintendo has provided a product that, apparently, your country is willing to pay for.

It is called supply and demand. If the price was too high for the product provided then it would not have good sales. Basically, the only price that is too high is the one that people are not willing to pay.

first of I said second .... 360 is selling more in my country NZ.

Second if we convert $500 in to US $ we still have to pay more. Now I just found out how cheap the remote is being made I am just saying our country is getting ripped off with overpriced ****. Games over here cost up to $130. Forza was released and it cost $120.... thats like $80 or 90 if you convert it to US $. The wii costing $500 with Wii sports... thats like what? 

Good for them, at least they have the guts to pull something off like that.BigDaddyPOLO

It's not called "guts". It's "desperation".

I like how people in this thread are saying us wii owners are getting ripped off when the ps3 controller is 40 bucks and only has tilt. The 360 controller has nothing new in it but yet they charge 30 bucks for it. Yea us wii owners are really getting owned by nintendo :roll: cyprus646

[QUOTE="BigDaddyPOLO"]Good for them, at least they have the guts to pull something off like that.Berserker_2

It's not called "guts". It's "desperation".

It is actually called "buisness". What, are you people shocked that some companies actually want to make money? You act as if greed is evil...

[QUOTE="cyprus646"]I like how people in this thread are saying us wii owners are getting ripped off when the ps3 controller is 40 bucks and only has tilt. The 360 controller has nothing new in it but yet they charge 30 bucks for it. Yea us wii owners are really getting owned by nintendo :roll: gigabrowser12