Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo has revealed that the Nintendo Wii was originally planned as a sub $100 dollar console, but as the cost of technology escalated, it resulted in a much higher price for the consumer.
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Speaking in an interview with BusinessWeek.com, Miyamoto said: "My idea was to spend nothing on the console technology so all the money could be spent on improving the interface and software. If we hadn't used NAND flash memory [to store data such as games and photos] and other pricey parts, we might have succeeded."
News source: IGN
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Speaking in an interview with BusinessWeek.com, Miyamoto said: "My idea was to spend nothing on the console technology so all the money could be spent on improving the interface and software. If we hadn't used NAND flash memory [to store data such as games and photos] and other pricey parts, we might have succeeded."
News source: IGN
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