dbot on 23 December 2008
| starcraft said: It appears to not factor in assembly costs, as well as distribution and storage costs. This is not good. I thought they were substantially closer to breaking even than this. I wont speculate as the how much those factors add to the $448.73 component cost, but even if it's only a few dollars its a hefty loss for those looking for a price cut soon (like yours truly) so as to pick up the console. |
Do you have access to the full teardown? iSuppli typically includes an assembly estimate as a line item.
Shipping and inventory management is not included in these estimates.
Thanks for the input, Jeff.
