GameCube production halted~Nintendo clears console inventory, hints at new product

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Originally Posted by thatmariolover

I say that the price is rediculous because the technology to make these handhelds (including the PSP) has been around for about 5 years now (the hardware to make something so powerful so small). And so, Nintendo pumps these things out at about $20-$25 apiece for production charges, and then sells them for $70 to stores, and the stores sell them for $100.

How do you know all these "facts"? You spit them out like they are common knowledge.

Generally, smaller=more expensive. It costs Nintendo $ to manufacture it, it cost them money to develop it, it costs them money to support it. They gotta make a profit somewhere.