One Wii costs Nintendo $158 to make

A Japanese site broke down the Wii piece by piece and determined that one Wii costs Nintendo $158 to make, sans controllers. Basically proving that Nintendo makes gobs of money with each console sold compared to the nonexistent profit margins Microsoft and Sony are stuck with.

Source: YouNewb Via: Digg

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