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by Joe Morgan
Nintendo 3DS Materials Cost Around $100
According to a report by a company who recently did a breakdown of the Nintendo 3DS, the materials cost around only $100 for the gaming giant to produce.
In a recent article on Eurogamer, they showed that, according to UBM TechInsights , the cost of the raw materials for manufacturing the Nintendo 3DS are right around $101 per unit. This equates to a $15 increase over the DSi.
"But wait a minute!" you say. "They're selling that thing for $250!" And that is absolutely correct. There are other factors to consider in the cost than just the raw material cost. Nintendo still has to pay for research and marketing amongst other things.
Industry analysts agree. According to Gennaro Castaldo, marketing chief for HMV:
"I can see why it sounds like quite a sum of money to some people, but we're talking about brilliant new technology here that will have cost many millions to develop, so it's understandable that Nintendo and other parties involved feel a need to make a return on it,"
While it would appear that Nintendo always smells blood in the water, it seems they're justified in what they're asking gamers to shell out for their hardware.
via Joystiq