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According to research firm iSuppli, PS3’s manufacturing costs are now down 35 percent compared with 2007.
Back then the machine’s components cost $690.23, but as of October last year the console cost $448.73 to manufacture.
Sony is therefore still making a loss on every console sold.
However, “PS3 may be able to break even in 2009 with further hardware revisions,” iSuppli said in a statement.
More over at GamePro.
By Mike Bowden
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Blerk said:
Not if they drop the price, it won’t.
Syrok said:
They aren’t making a loss in the Eurozone according to those numbers though.
G1GAHURTZ said:
Don’t forget VAT
Psychotext said:
Plus the retailer is obviously getting a cut. Link is broken by the way.
patlike said:
Fixed. Thanks.
DrDamn said:
I wonder how close these estimates ever actually are to reality. That is all it is, an estimate - no insider knowledge about how much Sony actually pays for the components.
Esha said:
It would be interesting to see a statement from Sony about this, so some real figures could come to light. All we have at the moment are figures that someone has pulled out of their bum–a talented and knowledgeable someone, no doubt, but still out of their bum nonetheless.
I’m actually worried that the situation is worse than what’s been depicted here.