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A report from iSuppli has revealed that Sony may finally break-even with PS3 thanks to the slim model, despite still losing money per unit manufactured.

According to the report, at launch the console cost around $805 to build with the highest-priced version selling for $599, and the lower end selling for $399 – which cost the company $50 per console. Now, thanks to new 120Gb Slim, it only costs the company around $336 to produce and sell for $299 in the US – thus losing around $37 per unit produced.

Factoring in advertising, royalties and other expenses, the report disclosed that the company is very close to breaking-even, and with “renewed enthusiasm” for the lower price and only coming in slightly behind Xbox 360 in November, things may finally be looking up.

There is a breakdown of each part of the console in lovely PDF format through here.

Via CNET, Joystiq.

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