For us, it was the same. It made no price difference whether window or wall.
I also don’t know what it depends on or depended on: we had an unusual general contractor. They were architects who acted as general contractors with model houses. I also have patio doors everywhere. In some cases, I wanted a windowsill knee-high in the west, but the seller said, You don’t want to take away the possibility of going into the garden on the west side. And he was right. Then a ribbon window here, two instead of one there, an asymmetrical one at the roof ridge. Altogether 4 exits in the open-plan living area, the main thing being that it doesn’t affect the statics . . . only the skylights cost.
It is a good lever for a GC to maximize profit.
However, of course, every window should be well and usefully placed.