One Wii costs Nintendo $158 to make Stephen Fung December 15, 2006 Extras 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 Share This With The World!