User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-74.106.81.147-20121030041749/@comment-4563270-20121101155131

@all lol. as a studying mechanical engineer i deal with stuff like this alot. manufacturing costs WILL go down with time as the product in question becomes easier to make and the proccesses become inexpensive. that's why systems like the ps3 and 360 are NOW selling for profit where as 2 years ago ps3 was selling at a loss. the 360...if i were to be quite frank is NOT worth the $300 price right now because of how dated the tech is but the selling price now is more or less a way to sell kinect and turn up some more profit. a good gaming pc rig now with an r800 gpu is only $400 now so again ^.

the wiiu IS selling at a loss right now meaning nintendo spent a little out of their own pocket to make up manufacturing costs but the manufacturing costs WILL go down throughout the systems lifespan.. if you spend long enough building one thing you get REALLY good at it.