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Originally Posted by Rathji
I don't see that happening.
The reason the PS3 was so expensive to produce was that Blu-ray players were brand new and still crazy expensive. There won't be any technology that parallels that in either new console.
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I think aside from Nintendo, selling your console at a loss is par for the course at launch. While the PS3 was sold at more of a loss than the 360, Microsoft still lost approximately $125-$300 on each 360 sold when they first made available depending on who you believe (Sony meanwhile lost about $240 on each console... again, just estimates). It took a year for Microsoft to turn a profit on each system sold.
The Wii U is reportedly Nintendo's first offering to be sold at a loss (can't find a figure for how much though).