Its happened, the Wii has been taken apart and every single component counted to find out just how much a Wii is costing Nintendo make and they have found some interesting info. We already knew the CPU was called the Broadway and the GPU the Hollywood but it also seems that the Wiis semiconductor is called the Vegas and the DRAM the Wii uses is called Napa, all of these places are parts of America. No wonder they got the thing first.
Pricing information inside
The components of the Wii are very cheap, considering they are similar to GameCube components which is to be expected. The Hollywood GPU (Graphics Chip) costs a low $29.60US while the CPU costs a minute $13.00US. The DRAM comes in at $7.80US, the power supply is $11.30 and the disk drive which reads both GameCube disks and Wii disks and because of this it comes in at the most expensive at $31.00US.
The production cost to stick it all together with the other parts is $19.50US, half of a Playstation 3. This brings the grand total to around $158.30US, a whole 92 dollars of profit right there. Of course not all of that goes Nintendos coffers as the controller tech is expensive and the R&D spent on it would have been huge. Add together marketing, packaging, shipping and all the extras they throw in and that $92 doesnt go far but at least its making Nintendo some money.
Source: Nintendo Inside
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