It wouldn't be much cheaper. It'd likely be much more expensive. There's three components to that: 1. The prices of the competing consoles aren't static, but d

It wouldn't be much cheaper. It'd likely be much more expensive. There's three components to that: 1. The prices of the competing consoles aren't static, but dropping regularly as Sony and MS get better prices for the components or finish redesigns. If anything, the competition is probably getting better economies of scale. 2. Nintendo has traditionally tried to make a profit on the hardware sales at every point in its lifecycle. Sony and MS on the other hand have been willing to sell at breakeven or even a small loss. (The loss is made up on software licensing, and lately on the yearly fees for semi-mandatory online services). 3. You want the new control systems. Well, that's going to cost you. A large part of the Xbox's failure this generation was launching with the Kinect. That added $100 to the cost, which was pretty lethal early on. The Wii U is obsolete and underpowered, but by now costs as much or more than the PS4 / Xbox One at least where I live. Why? Most likely because of the gamepad. The speculation for the NX is that the controllers are essentially handheld consoles, which will just make this worse.