Making a PS3 today costs Sony less than half of what it did at launch—$US445, down from $US840. And Sony, wouldn’t you know, still loses a bucketful of money on every system.
So, at launch, the PS3 cost Sony about $US840 to make, according to iSuppli, and they sold them for $US599, resulting in a tidy loss of $US200 a pop. By stripping out over 1200 parts and features like PS2 backward-compatibility, Sony has cut their costs to just $US445 per PlayStation 3. Which they sell for 400 US bucks, meaning they still lose about $US45 a system.
That, friends, is why you didn’t see a cheap PS3 for Christmas, and why you won’t see one until deeper into next year at the earliest, even as the Xbox 360 outsold it 3-to-1 on Black Friday. [BusinessWeek via PlayStation Forums via PS3Fanboy]
Tishawn Fahie
Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 2:50 AM@KronikFpLiOnYkD
Yes your right. I am bored at work. You must be boreas aswell seeing that you sat there in your little chair and counted ever period i used. Now that my friend, Is very impresive. Based on your comment i can clearly see that your a sony fanboy. I understand since your so good at counting you should go help sony count how much money they lose everytime they sell a console, and btw count how much periods are in this comment.