Just as we've all suspected, it turns out Nintendo will make a profit on every Wii unit sold - unlike Microsoft and Sony whose model is to lose money on the hardware, but make it up on software. NoA president Reggie Fils-Aime told Reuters, "We are a company that competes only in the interactive entertainment space so we have to make a profit on every thing we do".
That explains the hefty 60 dollar charge for additional controllers...
And yes, according to Chris Kohler of Wired, Wii games will be region-free. Are there any videogame industry tenets that Nintendo isn't determined to shatter?
