Rumor: Wii U Will Cost $300, While Costing Only $180 for Parts

<p>According to unidentified sources at Forget the Box&comma; the materials for the Wii U adds up to about &dollar;180&comma; with the controller costing &dollar;50&period; This means that this next-gen console will run consumers around &dollar;300 with shipping and labor costs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nintendo is greatly concerned &&num;8220&semi;with cutting production costs to maximize profits&comma;&&num;8221&semi;&comma; according to one of the unnamed sources&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Nintendo wants investors to view Wii U as a less risky proposition&period;&&num;8221&semi; This is especially pertinent&comma; seeing as the company&&num;8217&semi;s stock has a been at it&&num;8217&semi;s seven-year low and it&&num;8217&semi;s latest endeavor&comma; the 3DS&comma; having such a poor launch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The &dollar;300 price comes from several different costs adding up&period; Take a look <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;forgetthebox&period;net&sol;mag&sol;culture&sol;forum-m&sol;rumor-wii-u-price&period;php" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">here for a full breakdown on the costs<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What do you think about the Wii U&quest; leave your thoughts in the comments below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check back in to <a href&equals;"Bagogames&period;com" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Bagogames&period;com<&sol;a> for all the latest news&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;5900153&sol;rumor-the-wii-u-has-180-worth-of-parts-wont-be-sold-under-300" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">&lbrack;via Kotaku&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;