Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential
by nepeckman on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @11:22AM
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Yeah, its a cost thing from what I understand. Sony and Microsoft actually sell their consoles at a loss, they lose money on hardware sales.
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Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential
by ben010783 on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @11:49AM
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Nintendo also sold consoles at a loss. The Wii U was sold at a loss, but they specifically didn't want to do that with the Switch (http://venturebeat.com/2016/10/26/nintendo-wont-sell-switch-...). I believe the original Wii was originally sold at a loss, but it wasn't long before Nintendo got the costs down and got profit on hardware sales.